The Relationship between Employee Gender, Age, and Veterans Status and Job Satisfaction ()
ABSTRACT
It is known there is a positive relationship between
employee job satisfaction and employee performance, employee retention, and
other variables which are beneficial to the employee and employer. Utilizing
the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and Self-determination Theory this
study sought to understand if a relationship exists between employee satisfaction,
and employee gender, employee age, and employee veterans status. With a sample
of N = 129 employees of Fortune 500 companies within the United States
of America a Spearman’s rank-order correlation was used to evaluate employee
extrinsic, intrinsic, and general job satisfaction. This study found male
employees are slightly more satisfied than female employees in general and over
age. There is a slight negative relationship with employee job satisfaction and
age of the employee. Finally, this study discovered there is a positive
relationship between employee job satisfaction and employee being a military
veteran.
KEYWORDS
Employee Job Satisfaction,
Employee Motivation,
Employee Performance,
Age,
Gender,
Military,
Veterans Status,
Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire,
Msq,
Theory of Work Adjustment,
Self-Determination Theory
Share and Cite:
Watkins, R. (2024) The Relationship between Employee Gender, Age, and Veterans Status and Job Satisfaction.
Open Journal of Business and Management,
12, 39-50. doi:
10.4236/ojbm.2024.121004.