Do Preferences for Job Attributes Provide Evidence of 'Hierarchy of Needs'?

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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.issued2013
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWe examine whether employees' preferences for various job attributes are associated with their individual characteristics in ways that are in line with 'hierarchy of needs' theories. Using data from the fifth round of the European Social Survey, we observe the influence of socio-demographic and dispositional characteristics as well as socialization experiences on opinions regarding the importance of five different desirable job attributes. An item-by-item examination of the attributes (including 'security' and 'offering a high income') reveals that dispositional factors (measured using the battery of items in Schwartz's theory of basic personal values) influence job attitudes in expected ways, but employees also tend to place more importance on attributes that concern them more directly. For example, while female employees care more about being able to combine work and family responsibilities, younger workers value training opportunities more highly than older ones. Regarding socialization experiences, we find that job security is more important for those who have been unemployed in the past. We interpret our findings to mean that 'hierarchy of needs' theories are valid in the context of job attitudes in the sense that the ranking of preferred job attributes is quite predictable once individual characteristics are accounted for.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11205-012-0019-7
dc.identifier.endpage560en_US
dc.identifier.issn0303-8300
dc.identifier.issn1573-0921
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84874572692en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage549en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-012-0019-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7219
dc.identifier.volume111en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000315635200008en_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.subjectPreferred Job Attributesen_US
dc.subjectHierarchy Of Needsen_US
dc.subjectBasic Personal Valuesen_US
dc.subjectEuropean Social Surveyen_US
dc.subjectPersonal Valuesen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectModelen_US
dc.titleDo Preferences for Job Attributes Provide Evidence of 'Hierarchy of Needs'?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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