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Public Organization Review
Published in: Public Organization Review 3/2023

13-10-2022

Improving Job Satisfaction Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities: The Case of U.S. Federal Employees

Author: Yongbeom Hur

Published in: Public Organization Review | Issue 3/2023

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Given that the number of racial/ethnic minorities has substantially increased in the U.S. workforce, it is critical to effectively manage employees with racial/ethnic backgrounds. The aim of this study is to broaden current knowledge of job satisfaction among public employees with racial/ethnic minority backgrounds by systematically comparing job satisfaction between racial/ethnic minorities and non-minorities and by identifying moderating effects of racioethnicity on job satisfaction. The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey 2018 data (about half a million) was used in this study and t-tests and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses were conducted. According to the findings in this study, racial/ethnic minorities reported similar or higher job satisfaction in diverse aspects of a job than non-minorities, and the effects of diverse intrinsic/ extrinsic aspects of a job on overall job satisfaction changed significantly by racioethnicity.
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Title
Improving Job Satisfaction Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities: The Case of U.S. Federal Employees
Author
Yongbeom Hur
Publication date
13-10-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Public Organization Review / Issue 3/2023
Print ISSN: 1566-7170
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7098
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-022-00671-4

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