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Job Satisfaction of Spanish University Graduates Kucel, Aleksander Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat Satisfacció en el treball Intervenció educativa Motivació en l'educació Titulats universitaris Job satisfaction Educational intervention Motivation in education College graduates 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. 2014-09-17T12:07:25Z 2014-09-17T12:07:25Z 2013-04-30 2014-09-17T12:07:25Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=96925716002 Revista de Economia Aplicada, 2013, vol. XXI, num. 61, p. 29-55 (c) Kucel, Aleksander et al., 2013 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Universidad de Zaragoza Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)