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dc.contributor.authorLange, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:04:27Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:04:27Z
dc.date.created2014-11-19T01:13:18Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationLange, T. 2012. Job satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality?. Small Business Economics. 38 (2): pp. 165-177.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17841
dc.description.abstract

Most studies in the economics discourse argue that the impact of self-employment on job satisfaction is mediated by greater procedural freedom and autonomy. Values and personality traits are considered less likely to explain the utility difference between self-employed and salaried workers. Psychologyscholars suggest that entrepreneurial satisfaction also depends, at least in part, on specific values and personality traits. Utilising a large dataset derived from the 2006 European Social Survey, this study performs a complementary analysis by taking personality traits, personal values and indicators forworkers’ autonomy explicitly into account. The empirical findings add further strength to economists’argument that, net of values and personality traits, autonomy and independence are the mechanisms bywhich self-employment leads to higher levels of job satisfaction. These results hold true for both male and female sub-samples even when a multitude of sociodemographic characteristics, personal values and personality traits are controlled for.

dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers
dc.subjectJob satisfaction
dc.subjectEuropean social survey
dc.subjectautonomy
dc.subjectself-employment
dc.subjectpersonality traits
dc.titleJob satisfaction and self-employment: autonomy or personality?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume38
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage165
dcterms.source.endPage177
dcterms.source.issn0921898X
dcterms.source.titleSmall Business Economics
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