Correlates of Job Satisfaction Among Working-Class Employees

Based upon analyses of the 1991 General Social Survey data set, this study examines the way various demographic and contextual variables affect job satisfaction among workers employed in the lowest paid, lowest prestige jobs in the service industry (N=245). It was hypothesized that the following factors would affect job satisfaction: gender, race, salary, autonomy, and job benefits. The findings supported the hypotheses for salary and autonomy, but no differences were found relating to gender, race and job benefits