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and Judge 1994 found that overall job satisfaction increased as the years of experience increased.
The level of worker education was the same in both companies. However, marital status was very different in the two companies. Older, married and more
experienced workers had higher levels of job satisfaction and are more committed than the younger, single and less experienced men; furthermore, younger, single
and less experienced workers may still be deciding on a career and this may interfere with job satisfaction and organizational commitment Bowen et al. 1994.
Literature on the relationship between work, marital status and family has shown a spillover effect between both domains. Most of the spillover studies have
investigated how work or career satisfaction affects one’s personal life. Benin and Nienstedt 1985 that job satisfaction influenced marital happiness and that the
effects of job satisfaction and fulfillment interacted with the effects of marital happiness in producing overall happiness.
Research on relationships between work satisfaction and marital characteristics is extensive and is primarily found in literature on marital satisfaction, work
identity and satisfaction, and dual-career couples Blair 1998, Ray 1990, Gaesser Whitbourne 1985. These studies suggested that career and family lives are mutually
entangled, and that to understand strain in one domain, information on both facets of an individual’s life is necessary Ludlow Salvat 2001. Therefore further
research should be conducted into this interaction.
5. Conclusion
This study found that job satisfaction was significantly correlated with job characteristics, environment, and job organization:
1. Skill variety had an outstanding effect on job satisfaction in automotive
industries. 2.
The strength of the correlation between job factors and job satisfaction was influenced by age, work experience and marital status.
3. Job satisfaction was significantly correlated with environmental and job
organization factors. 4.
The environmental factors affect job satisfaction and the strength of the correlation is influenced by the workers’ surroundings, depending on the
function of the building.
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