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Does cultural heritage affect job satisfaction? The East-West divide

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  • Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski

    (Business Economics and Management, School of Business Economics and Management, University American College-Skopje.)

  • Marjan Petreski

    (Business Economics and Management, School of Business Economics and Management, University American College-Skopje.)

  • Venera Krliu-Handjiski

    (Business Economics and Management, University American College-Skopje.)

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to examine the factors influencing workers’ job satisfaction aside from the conventional factors, in the light of basic cultural values and beliefs, and then to set this into a comparative perspective for three groups of countries: South-East European (SEE) countries, Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) and Western Europe. Cultural values are grouped into traditional vs. secular-rational values and survival vs. self-expression values. The main result of the study is that culture has a considerable effect on job satisfaction across all groups of countries under investigation. However, there are between-group differences in terms of the relative importance of specific cultural values for job satisfaction. We also find some evidence suggesting the persistency of cultures and slow-moving institutions.

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  • Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski & Marjan Petreski & Venera Krliu-Handjiski, 2015. "Does cultural heritage affect job satisfaction? The East-West divide," Acta Oeconomica, Akadémiai Kiadó, Hungary, vol. 65(2), pages 325-337, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:aka:aoecon:v:65:y:2015:i:2:p:325-337
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    Keywords

    job satisfaction; cultural values; culture convergence; South-East European countries;
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    JEL classification:

    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility

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