A Multivariate Investigation of Overall Happiness, Job Satisfaction and Income Satisfaction of Women and Men inTurkey

Abstract

This paper examines the factors affecting working women’s and men’s overall happiness, job satisfaction and income satisfaction levels and the association between these means of happiness. Women and men, who are satisfied with their workplace relations relative to those who are not, are more likely to report that they are satisfied or very satisfied with their life, job and income. Women’s job and income satisfaction and men’s all three means of happiness are more likely to be high for those who received a pay rise last year. The strongest correlation is observed between job and income satisfaction for both women and men, which is slightly stronger for women that challenges the arguments on women’s financial motivation to be not as strong as men at work. Findings support the spillover hypothesis: it is observed pairwise between all three components of happiness.