Job Satisfaction and Bad Jobs: Why Are Cleaners So Happy at Work?

Type de document :

Article dans une revue scientifique: Article original

DOI :

10.1177/0950017019828904

URL permanente :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/15773

Titre :

Job Satisfaction and Bad Jobs: Why Are Cleaners So Happy at Work?

Auteur(s) :

Lene, Alexandre [Auteur]

Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 [CLERSÉ]

Titre de la revue :

Work, Employment and Society

Nom court de la revue :

Work, Employment and Society

Numéro :

33

Pagination :

666-681

Éditeur :

SAGE Publications

Date de publication :

2019-02-28

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Our analysis is based on the French DARES Working Conditions survey which contains a very large sample of individuals representative of the French working population. We demonstrate that employees working in the cleaning ...
Lire la suite >Our analysis is based on the French DARES Working Conditions survey which contains a very large sample of individuals representative of the French working population. We demonstrate that employees working in the cleaning sector report significantly higher levels of satisfaction than the other employees. This statistical result is robust; it persists when we introduce a large number of control variables. This result is puzzling insofar as it is generally agreed that these workers hold ‘poor quality’ jobs: low pay, an abnormal pattern of work, arduous working conditions. We suggest that cleaners’ expectations and standards are influenced by an adaptation process. Their job satisfaction needs to be considered in the light of their past experience. Their employment history shapes their wants and needs and thus affects the way they evaluate their work.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Comité de lecture :

Oui

Audience :

Non spécifiée

Établissement(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale

Collections :

Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques (CLERSE) - UMR 8019

Date de dépôt :

2019-11-23T12:42:16Z
2019-11-26T07:18:38Z

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