Prof Daiga Kamerade D.Kamerade2@salford.ac.uk
Professor of Work and Wellbeing
Is there a subjective well-being premium in voluntary sector employment?
Kamerāde, D; McKay, S
Authors
S McKay
Abstract
Previous studies have found that employment in the voluntary sector offers a so-called ‘job satisfaction premium’: despite lower salaries, voluntary sector employees are more satisfied with their jobs than workers in other sectors. This paper examines whether voluntary sector employees also experience a subjective well-being premium. Using data from the UK Annual Population Survey 2012/2013, we find that voluntary sector employees do have higher levels of subjective well-being but this subjective well-being premium is not evenly distributed between men and women. Men score higher on happiness and life satisfaction. However, women in the voluntary sector have lower levels of life satisfaction compared with their counterparts in the public sector. We discuss the implications of our findings for policy and practice in the voluntary sector in the UK.
Citation
Kamerāde, D., & McKay, S. (2015). Is there a subjective well-being premium in voluntary sector employment?. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 26(6), 2733-2754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9545-z
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Dec 10, 2014 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Nov 2, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 2, 2017 |
Journal | Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations |
Print ISSN | 0957-8765 |
Electronic ISSN | 1573-7888 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 2733-2754 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9545-z |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9545-z |
Related Public URLs | http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/journal/11266 |
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