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Does self-employment really raise job satisfaction? Adaptation and anticipation effects on self-employment and general job changes
- Source :
- Hanglberger, D & Merz, J 2015, ' Does self-employment really raise job satisfaction? Adaptation and anticipation effects on self-employment and general job changes ', Journal for Labour Market Research, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 287-303 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12651-015-0175-8, Hanglberger, D & Merz, J 2015, ' Does self-employment really raise job satisfaction? Adaptation and anticipation effects on self-employment and general job changes ' Journal for Labour Market Research, vol 48, no. 4, pp. 287-303 . DOI: 10.1007/s12651-015-0175-8
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.
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Abstract
- Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for the self-employed than for employees. We argue that by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects estimates in previous studies might be misleading. To test this, we specify models accounting for anticipation and adaptation to self-employment and general job changes. In contrast to recent literature we find no specific long-term effect of self-employment on job satisfaction. Accounting for anticipation and adaptation to job changes in general, which includes changes between employee jobs, reduces the effect of self-employment on job satisfaction by two-thirds. When controlling for anticipation and adaptation to job changes, we find a positive anticipation effect of self-employment and a positive effect of self-employment on job satisfaction in the first years of self-employment. After 3 years, adaptation eliminates the higher satisfaction of being self-employed. According to our results, previous studies overestimate the positive long-term effects of self-employment on job satisfaction. Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for the self-employed than for employees. We argue that by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects estimates in previous studies might be misleading. To test this, we specify models accounting for anticipation and adaptation to self-employment and general job changes. In contrast to recent literature we find no specific long-term effect of self-employment on job satisfaction. Accounting for anticipation and adaptation to job changes in general, which includes changes between employee jobs, reduces the effect of self-employment on job satisfaction by two-thirds. When controlling for anticipation and adaptation to job changes, we find a positive anticipation effect of self-employment and a positive effect of self-employment on job satisfaction in the first years of self-employment. After 3 years, adaptation eliminates the higher satisfaction of being self-employed. According to our results, previous studies overestimate the positive long-term effects of self-employment on job satisfaction.
- Subjects :
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Economics and Econometrics
Labour economics
J28
Arbeitsplatzwechsel
J23
Hedonic treadmill model
Anticipation
Arbeitszufriedenheit
Fixed effects panel estimation
Economics, empirical/statistics
ddc:330
Self-employment
Adaptation
Adaptation (computer science)
Beschäftigungsdauer
German Socio-Economic Panel
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
Selbständigkeit
Job attitude
Arbeitszufriedenheit - Determinanten
Job satisfaction
Job performance
Modelle
Human resource management
berufliche Selbständigkeit
Industrial relations
Erwartungen
Berufswechsel
Demographic economics
Psychology
J81
Panel data
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18678343 and 16143485
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal for Labour Market Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....55dcd8d64582c66d388847ea2fd5c1e3