2026-04-13T04:53:37Zhttps://recercat.cat/oai/requestoai:recercat.cat:2445/573112025-12-05T04:20:25Zcom_2072_1057col_2072_478809col_2072_478917
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Kucel, Aleksander
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Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat
2014-09-17T12:07:25Z2014-09-17T12:07:25Z2013-04-302014-09-17T12:07:25Z
This paper investigates the determinants of job satisfaction of university graduates in Spain. We base our analysis on Locke"s discrepancy theory [Locke (1969)] and decompose subjective evaluation of job characteristics into surplus and deficit levels. We also study the importance of overeducation and over-skilling on job satisfaction. We use REFLEX data, a survey of university graduates. We conclude that job satisfaction is mostly determined by the subjective evaluation of intrinsic job characteristics, with an asymmetric impact of surpluses and deficits. Over-skilling is much more important than over-education in explaining the job satisfaction of university graduates, although the latter is also significant.
(c) Kucel, Aleksander et al., 2013 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Satisfacció en el treball
Intervenció educativa
Motivació en l'educació
Titulats universitaris
Job satisfaction
Educational intervention
Motivation in education
College graduates
Job Satisfaction of Spanish University Graduates
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