Is the grass greener on the other side? A longitudinal study of the impact of employer change and occupational change on job satisfaction

Zou, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-1489, Zhou, Y., Williams, M. and Tabvuma, V. (2017) Is the grass greener on the other side? A longitudinal study of the impact of employer change and occupational change on job satisfaction. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 99. pp. 66-78. ISSN 0001-8791 doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2016.11.005

Abstract/Summary

Research shows that individuals experience a honeymoon-hangover pattern when they change employers. This study provides further insight into this pattern by comparing the experience of those who change employers within and across occupations. Drawing on the longitudinal data from the British House Panel Survey 1991–2008, we find that the honeymoon effect was primarily driven by the experience of those who change employers across occupations. Patterns of post-transition adaptation also differ between the two categories of job changers. While there is evidence of adaptation of job satisfaction to employer change within occupation, those who change employers across occupations experience a steady decline of intrinsic job satisfaction which continues for at least six years after the transition.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/71966
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2016.11.005
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > International Business and Strategy
Publisher	Elsevier
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