“…To avoid selection effects, I built in controls for several individual characteristics that affect job satisfaction, namely, sex (e.g., Friedman, 1991;Gaziel & Maslovaty, 1998;Liou et al, 1990;Ma & MacMillan, 1999), age (e.g., Culver et al, 1990;Friedman;Liou et al;Ma & MacMillan;Sweeney, 1981Sweeney, , 1982, socioeconomic status (SES) of origin (Dworkin, 1980), and subject (Green- Reese et al, 1991).…”