The Impact of Deviations from Desired Hours of Work on the Life Satisfaction of Employees

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dc.contributor.authorBaslevent, Cem
dc.contributor.authorKirmanoglu, Hasan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:42:16Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:42:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWe estimate an ordinal logistic multilevel model to examine the determinants of the life satisfaction of employees in Europe. Data drawn from the European social survey reveals that deviations from desired hours of work (measured as the absolute difference between the actual and preferred weekly number of hours) reduce overall life satisfaction, but the effect is smaller in countries with higher unemployment rates. We interpret this finding as evidence that in environments where anxieties about job security are high, having a job brings about a certain level of life satisfaction regardless of the gap between the actual and preferred time spent in the labor market. We also find no statistically significant difference between male and female employees with regard to the impact of the work hours mismatch. This finding suggests that the gender differences which would have been expected in this context are already incorporated in the respondents' subjectively determined desired hours of work. In fact, further examinations confirm that 'desired hours' are associated with both socio-demographic characteristics (in particular, gender) and preferences for labor market work.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11205-013-0421-9
dc.identifier.endpage43en_US
dc.identifier.issn0303-8300
dc.identifier.issn1573-0921
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85027933841en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage33en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0421-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7221
dc.identifier.volume118en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000339151700002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofSocial Indicators Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectLife Satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectWork Hours Mismatchen_US
dc.subjectEuropean Social Surveyen_US
dc.subjectOrdinal Logistic Hlmen_US
dc.subjectUnited-Statesen_US
dc.subjectHappinessen_US
dc.subjectTimeen_US
dc.subjectPreferencesen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.titleThe Impact of Deviations from Desired Hours of Work on the Life Satisfaction of Employees
dc.typeArticle

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