Work motivation and job satisfaction in the Nordic countries
- 1 April 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Emerald in Employee Relations: The International Journal
- Vol. 26 (2), 122-136
- https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450410511043
Abstract
This paper studies differences in job satisfaction and intrinsic work motivation between employees with different characteristics. Based on a study of the literature assumptions regarding these differences are developed and tested on data from a survey in the Nordic countries. In this survey 9,623 employees from randomly selected households in the Nordic countries participated. Among the findings are that Danish workers were found to be the most satisfied and that there is no difference between the genders with respect to job satisfaction in the Nordic countries.Keywords
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