Life Satisfaction and Job Quality Relationship: Findings from the OECD Countries for Linear Regression Models

Year 2021, , 1 - 33, 31.12.2021

Ayhan Görmüş , Simla Güzel

https://doi.org/10.26650/jspc.2021.80.975338

Abstract

One of the basic components of life satisfaction, which means an individual satisfaction with their living conditions as a whole, is job quality. Therefore, job quality reflects a combination of employees’ earnings and job security, as well as other factors affecting their quality of life. Especially after the 2008 Global Economic Crisis, increasing worries on job quality boosted the interest of some academic circles and international organizations on job quality, and various studies were conducted to measure job quality. One of these studies is the OECD’s Job Quality Framework, consisting of three dimensions and nine indicators. Particularly, dimensions of OECD’s Job Quality Framework are structured on earning quality, labor market insecurity, and work environment quality. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between life satisfaction scores and job quality indicators by carrying out bivariate and multiple linear regression models to Job Quality Framework data from OECD countries. Bivariate linear regression results revealed that OECD countries with higher life satisfaction scores have a higher job quality. In addition, multivariate linear regression analysis concludes that increased employment rate, earning quality, job autonomy and learning opportunities, and career advancement opportunity may improve life satisfaction scores of countries at varying degrees.

Keywords

Life Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction, Job Quality, OECD Countries

Yaşam Memnuniyeti ve İş Kalitesi İlişkisi: Doğrusal Regresyon Modelleri ile OECD Ülkelerinden Bulgular

Abstract

Bireyin bir bütün olarak yaşam koşullarından hoşnut olması anlamına gelen yaşam memnuniyetinin temel bileşenlerinden biri de, iş kalitesidir. Bu açıdan iş kalitesi, çalışanların kazancı ve iş güvencesinin yanı sıra, yaşam kalitesini etkileyen diğer unsurların bir bileşimini yansıtmaktadır. Özellikle 2008 Küresel Ekonomik Krizi sonrasında iş kalitesine ilişkin endişelerin artması, bazı akademik çevrelerin ve uluslararası örgütlerin iş kalitesine yönelik ilgisini artırmış ve iş kalitesi ölçümüne yönelik çeşitli çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmalardan biri de OECD’nin üç boyut ve dokuz göstergeden oluşan İş Kalitesi Çerçevesi’dir. Bu anlamda, OECD İş Kalitesi Çerçevesi kazanç kalitesi, işgücü piyasası güvencesi ve çalışma ortamının kalitesi olmak üzere üç temel boyutta yapılandırılmıştır. Bu açıdan, bu çalışma temel olarak, OECD ülkelerinin İş Kalitesi Çerçevesi verilerine basit ve çoklu doğrusal regresyon modelleri uygulayarak yaşam memnuniyeti skorları ve iş kalitesi göstergeleri arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Basit doğrusal regresyon sonuçları, daha yüksek yaşam memnuniyeti skoruna sahip OECD ülkelerinde, iş kalitesinin daha yüksek olduğunu göstermektedir. Ayrıca çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizi istihdam oranı, kazanç kalitesi, iş otonomisi ve öğrenme fırsatları ile kariyer ilerleme fırsatındaki artışın ülkelerin yaşam memnuniyeti skorlarını farklı derecelerde yükseltebileceği sonucuna ulaşmıştır.

Keywords

Yaşam Memnuniyeti, İş Memnuniyeti, İş Kalitesi, OECD Ülkeleri

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