Are public officials really less satisfied than private sector workers?A comparative study in Brazil

Borges, Renata

doi:10.1590/s0034-76122013000600007

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“…However, the wages rates in Egyptian public sector are low and have not satisfied public employees with a noticeable public-private earnings gap. The current results confirm previous research (Borges, 2013) showing that public sectors are less satisfied with their income than private sector workers. In contrast, other study from Philippines reported that public sector workers received higher hourly wages than private sector workers (Molato, 2015).…”

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Work Precariousness, Job Insecurity and Perceived Psychiatric Distress in a Sample of Egyptian Employees

Sheta

2019

Egypt. J. Occup. Med.

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Introduction: The term precarious work is being increasingly used worldwide. Workers are precarious if they are in involuntary part-time work, in seasonal or casual work or in temporary jobs without a legal work contract or formal appointment. Precarious work becomes a global challenge and constituting a serious problem threatens the well-being of workers and their families. Aim of work: To verify the existence and prevalence of job insecurity and precarious employment among a sample of Egyptian workers and to clarify the role of perceived job insecurity and work precariousness on the worker′s mental health. Materials and methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted on 130 subjects of private and public sector workers in Zagazig city, Egypt. Employment Precariousness Scale was used for measuring the employment precariousness and General Health Questionnaire was used for estimating the minor psychiatric morbidity. Results: The majority of private sector workers showed a statistically significant high/very high level of precariousness and job insecurity (87.7%, and 69.2% respectively) compared to the public sector. Only 10.8% of public sector showed poor mental health compared to 30.8% for the private sector with a statistically significant difference. Unsatisfied income, having another or second job, perceived work precariousness and job insecurity demonstrated significant prediction for psychiatric distress. Conclusion and recommendations: The private sector workers suffered a higher prevalence of work precariousness, job insecurity, and poor mental health in comparison to public sector workers. Precarious work should be regarded as an important social determinant of mental health problems which necessitate urgent interventions with policy tools in order to improve health, increase firms' productivity, and so wider economic impact.

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Work Precariousness, Job Insecurity and Perceived Psychiatric Distress in a Sample of Egyptian Employees

Sheta

2019

Egypt. J. Occup. Med.

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“…Asst. Prof. Dr. Renata Borges conducted a comparative study on job satisfaction among 670 professionals from the public and private sector in Brazil (Borges, 2013). She has found that the overall level of job satisfaction is significantly higher in the public sector than in the private sector.…”

Section: Job Satisfaction and Employees From Private And Public Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Herzbergs Two-Factor Theory of Job Satisfaction Comparative Study between Private and Public High School Teachers in Canton Sarajevo

Bušatlić¹,

Mujabasic²

2018

IJBMR

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In today's high paced and competitive environment, the performance of an organization is crucial for its survival. The key contributors of an organization's success are the employees and employee performance. One of the major roles managers play is increasing productivity of employees and so managers are increasingly asking themselves how they can stimulate their employees and thus improve their performance and contributions. Therefore, the main purpose of this work is to study job satisfaction of teachers from high schools in Canton Sarajevo, with regard to Herzberg's two-factor theory. More specifically, it will investigate the difference between motivator and hygiene factors of job satisfaction and the total level of satisfaction among high school teachers in Canton Sarajevo. The tool used for collecting data was an adapted version of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) conducted on the sample of 150 high school teachers. Collected questionnaires were analysed by using the statistical program: Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), particularly descriptive statistics and a range of inferential statistical techniques. The findings showed that nearly 84% of the variance in job satisfaction is significantly explained by hygiene and motivator factors. Furthermore, the study discovered that beside Salary, Status, Work conditions, Interpersonal relationship with subordinates and Possibility for personal growth, other hygiene and motivator factors do not significantly predict job satisfaction of participants. However, when individually considered, all hygiene and motivator factors significantlycorrelate with job satisfaction.

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“…In the study carried out by Borges (2013), it was identified that the worker in the public sector is more satisfied than those in the private sector in terms of stability; however, with regard to growth and compensation this situation is reversed.…”

Section: Job Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Satisfaction at Ifes: An Analysis Through Career Anchors

Vargas

Teixeira

2018

RAM, Rev. Adm. Mackenzie

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It is not allowed the use for commercial purposes. Este artigo pode ser copiado, distribuído, exibido, transmitido ou adaptado desde que citados, de forma clara e explícita, o nome da revista, a edição, o ano e as páginas nas quais o artigo foi publicado originalmente, mas sem sugerir que a RAM endosse a reutilização do artigo. Esse termo de licenciamento deve ser explicitado para os casos de reutilização ou distribuição para terceiros. Não é permitido o uso para fins comerciais. ABSTRACT Purpose: The objective of this research is to analyze the job satisfaction of public servants through career anchors. originality/value: The contribution of this research is to apply a collection instrument in reduced version for the analysis of job satisfaction in the public service in the search of subsidies for proposals of improvements in work processes related to people management. design/methodology/approach: We conducted the research with 671 public servants from the public education area. As an instrument of collection, we sent questionnaires using the electronic survey method and on paper. We based the questionnaire on the "Career Anchor Inventory" -adapted by Igbaria and Baroudi (1993) and the work by Netemeyer, Boles, and McMurrian (1996), termed as "Global Job Satisfaction". Findings: The Security/Stability anchor obtained significant explanatory power with job satisfaction, but its representativeness was not the largest in the sample. Our practical contribution will be in the support to the construction of policies of people management, since the results indicated lower rates of satisfaction with regard to the aspects of promotion and with respect to the relationship with senior management.

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Are public officials really less satisfied than private sector workers?A comparative study in Brazil

Cited by 23 publications

References 34 publications

Work Precariousness, Job Insecurity and Perceived Psychiatric Distress in a Sample of Egyptian Employees

Work Precariousness, Job Insecurity and Perceived Psychiatric Distress in a Sample of Egyptian Employees

Herzbergs Two-Factor Theory of Job Satisfaction Comparative Study between Private and Public High School Teachers in Canton Sarajevo

Satisfaction at Ifes: An Analysis Through Career Anchors

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