“Satisfied at work”
Research published that aims to establish the connection between labour market flexibility and its satisfaction in businesses
Working and finding satisfaction in work. It’s a goal that may still be achieved by (too) few, but a feasible goal. Having said that, you need to deal with ways of working as well as organisational and contractual structures, not to mention the important relationships between work and social and economic context.
These are the themes on which Giorgio Liotti and Marco Musella have reflected in their recently published Flessibilità e soddisfazione per il lavoro: una riflessione generale (Flexibility and Job Satisfaction: A General Reflection).
The main purpose of the research was to “begin to fill” the knowledge gap regarding the relationships between labour market flexibility and job satisfaction as a proxy of the confidence of workers in the company. The two authors concentrated on the 2001–2018 period in particular, of which they analysed various economic and social components in order to arrive at a “state of relations” between business and work.
Liotti and Musella’s investigation starts from a series of observations: firstly, the radical change in the rules of how the labour market operates; then, in-depth investigation into the characteristics of the “flexibilisation” of the job market itself. The question that the two researcher then set for themselves is how the introduction of flexibility policies, “which have gradually made work more unstable and precarious”, have “influenced the synergy between worker and entrepreneur”.
The research addresses a complex issue and offers two different responses. The conclusion explains that in the 2001–2008 period “greater labour market flexibility is connected with a sudden downturn in worker satisfaction”. This inverse relationship seems to vanish, in contrast, upon inspection of the 2009–2018 period.
Giorgio Liotti and Marco Musella therefore return to the initial hypothesis: focusing on the relationships between job satisfaction and labour market flexibility brings weighty subjects into play, which must probably be explored from time to time looking through different lenses.
Flessibilità e soddisfazione per il lavoro: una riflessione generale (Flexibility and Job Satisfaction: A General Reflection)
Giorgio Liotti, Marco Musella
Labour Economics Papers, 2021 Issue 113
Research published that aims to establish the connection between labour market flexibility and its satisfaction in businesses
Working and finding satisfaction in work. It’s a goal that may still be achieved by (too) few, but a feasible goal. Having said that, you need to deal with ways of working as well as organisational and contractual structures, not to mention the important relationships between work and social and economic context.
These are the themes on which Giorgio Liotti and Marco Musella have reflected in their recently published Flessibilità e soddisfazione per il lavoro: una riflessione generale (Flexibility and Job Satisfaction: A General Reflection).
The main purpose of the research was to “begin to fill” the knowledge gap regarding the relationships between labour market flexibility and job satisfaction as a proxy of the confidence of workers in the company. The two authors concentrated on the 2001–2018 period in particular, of which they analysed various economic and social components in order to arrive at a “state of relations” between business and work.
Liotti and Musella’s investigation starts from a series of observations: firstly, the radical change in the rules of how the labour market operates; then, in-depth investigation into the characteristics of the “flexibilisation” of the job market itself. The question that the two researcher then set for themselves is how the introduction of flexibility policies, “which have gradually made work more unstable and precarious”, have “influenced the synergy between worker and entrepreneur”.
The research addresses a complex issue and offers two different responses. The conclusion explains that in the 2001–2008 period “greater labour market flexibility is connected with a sudden downturn in worker satisfaction”. This inverse relationship seems to vanish, in contrast, upon inspection of the 2009–2018 period.
Giorgio Liotti and Marco Musella therefore return to the initial hypothesis: focusing on the relationships between job satisfaction and labour market flexibility brings weighty subjects into play, which must probably be explored from time to time looking through different lenses.
Flessibilità e soddisfazione per il lavoro: una riflessione generale (Flexibility and Job Satisfaction: A General Reflection)
Giorgio Liotti, Marco Musella
Labour Economics Papers, 2021 Issue 113