Betriebsräte und Arbeitszufriedenheit / Works Councils and Job Satisfaction
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Uwe Jirjahn
and
Georgi Tsertsvadze
Summary
Empirical studies on establishment-level codetermination usually focus on the impact of works councils on firm performance. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this is the first systematic research to examine the relationship between works councils and job satisfaction. It is shown that the relationship depends on the type of worker. The presence of a works council increases job satisfaction of full-time employed blue-collar workers. In general, councils do not have an influence on full-time employed white-collar workers. However, there is a negative association between works council presence and job satisfaction of managers. Furthermore, the presence of a workers council is associated with lower job satisfaction of non-full-time workers.
© 2006 by Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart
Articles in the same Issue
- Titelei
- Inhalt / Contents
- Editorial
- Abhandlungen / Original Papers
- Verbreitung von Betriebsräten und ihr Einfluss auf die betriebliche Weiterbildung / Works Council Presence and Impact on Training of the Workforce
- Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity: First Evidence from Quantile Regressions
- Mikroökonometrische Evaluation der ökonomischen Wirkungen betrieblicher Mitbestimmung - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Matching-Ansatzes / Microeconometric Evaluation of Economic Effects of Workers Participation - Options und Limits of the Matching Approach
- Betriebsräte und Arbeitszufriedenheit / Works Councils and Job Satisfaction
- Kooperation zwischen Betriebsrat und Management / Cooperation between Works Council and Management
- Gesetzliche Mitbestimmung und Kapitalrendite Co-Determination and Return on Equity / Co-Determination and Return on Equity
- Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews
Articles in the same Issue
- Titelei
- Inhalt / Contents
- Editorial
- Abhandlungen / Original Papers
- Verbreitung von Betriebsräten und ihr Einfluss auf die betriebliche Weiterbildung / Works Council Presence and Impact on Training of the Workforce
- Works Councils, Labor Productivity and Plant Heterogeneity: First Evidence from Quantile Regressions
- Mikroökonometrische Evaluation der ökonomischen Wirkungen betrieblicher Mitbestimmung - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Matching-Ansatzes / Microeconometric Evaluation of Economic Effects of Workers Participation - Options und Limits of the Matching Approach
- Betriebsräte und Arbeitszufriedenheit / Works Councils and Job Satisfaction
- Kooperation zwischen Betriebsrat und Management / Cooperation between Works Council and Management
- Gesetzliche Mitbestimmung und Kapitalrendite Co-Determination and Return on Equity / Co-Determination and Return on Equity
- Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews
