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Relationship between Positive Attitude and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from the US Data

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  • Madhu S Mohanty

    (Department of Economics and Statistics, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA)

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Using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), a longitudinal data set from the United States, and following different cross-sectional and panel data estimation procedures, the study demonstrates that the worker’s job satisfaction is related positively to his/her positive attitude. This conclusion remains valid regardless of whether the worker’s wage income is treated as an exogenous variable or as an endogenous variable. The study thus claims that the worker’s satisfaction at workplace is related to not only the external job-related factors, but also his/her inner psychological attitude.

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  • Madhu S Mohanty, 2016. "Relationship between Positive Attitude and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from the US Data," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 42(3), pages 349-372, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:easeco:v:42:y:2016:i:3:p:349-372
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    1. Madhu S. Mohanty, 2019. "Role of psychological variables in the determination of the worker's wage: Further evidence from the United States," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(1), pages 54-77, March.
    2. Nazgol Makki & Madhu S. Mohanty, 2019. "Mental Health and Happiness: Evidence From the U.S. Data," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 64(2), pages 197-215, October.
    3. Seth A. Kaplan & Carolyn J. Winslow & Joseph N. Luchman, 2020. "What are We Working For? Comparing the Importance of Job Features for Job Satisfaction over the Career Span," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 148(3), pages 1021-1037, April.
    4. Madhu S. Mohanty, 2018. "Does Positive Attitude Matter Only for Older Workers? Evidence from Simultaneous Estimation of Job Satisfaction, Wage and Positive Attitude in the United States," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 19(8), pages 2373-2404, December.
    5. Mohanty, Madhu, 2019. "Effects of job satisfaction on the worker's wage and weekly hours: A simultaneous equations approach," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 27-42.

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