RT Journal Article
T1 Employee's subjective-well-being and job discretion: Designing gendered happy jobs
A1 Bastida Domínguez, María
A1 Neira Gómez, Isabel
A1 Lacalle-Calderón, Maricruz
K1 Subjective well-being
K1 Job discretion
K1 Gender
K1 Educational level
K1 Probit analysis
AB This paper analyses the influence of job discretion on employees’ subjective well-being (SWB) from a gender-based approach. Specifically, it explores whether the level of discretion given to employees in performing their jobs influences their SWB and whether this impact differs between women and men. Data from 20 European countries from Round 8 of the European Social Survey (ESS) are used to undertake an ordered probit analysis. Job discretion is approached through autonomy at work, supervision of other employees and influence on organisational policy decisions. Additionally, the individual's educational level is controlled to further explore gendered differences of job characteristics on SWB. The results show that job discretion does indeed affect SWB, and this effect is different for women and men. Moreover, the effect of job discretion on SWB is not homogeneous across different education levels.
PB Elsevier
SN 2444-8834
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31961
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31961
LA eng
NO Bastida, M., Neira, I., & Lacalle-Calderon, M. (2022). Employee's subjective-well-being and job discretion: Designing gendered happy jobs. European Research on Management and Business Economics, 28(2), 100189
NO This research was conducted as part of the project ref. RTI2018–101722-B-I00 ‘Spanish Universities Involvement in Social Innovation Activities’ (SUISIA), funded by the National R&D Programme of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. The views expressed in this paper are not necessarily the views of that organization.Also, the authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
DS Minerva
RD 22 abr 2026