Below are excerpts from articles describing several recent surveys on
job satisfaction. For reasons of copyright, I cannot post the articles
in their entirety. To read the full article, just click the link below
each excerpt.
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"Less than half of all Americans say they are satisfied with their
jobs - the highest level of discontent since the survey was first
conducted in 1995. The decline in job satisfaction is found among
workers of all ages, across all income brackets and regions.
Regionally, discontent is the lowest in New England and West South
Central regions.
The survey is based on a representative sample of 5,000 U.S.
households, conducted in July 2003 for The Conference Board by NFO
WorldGroup...
Regionally, the differences are quite pronounced. Workers expressing
the least amount of satisfaction (about 43 percent claiming to be
satisfied with their jobs) reside in New England (Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont) and the West
South Central states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas). Residents
of the West North Central states (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota) are the most satisfied workers -
nearly 55 percent claim to be satisfied."
The Conference Board: U.S. Job Satisfaction Hits Record Low
http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2227
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"A national survey conducted by the New York-based Conference Board
showed that workers in the Rocky Mountain states were the most
satisfied with their jobs.
Fifty-seven percent of the respondents in the Rocky Mountain region
reported they were happy with their jobs ? well above the 51 percent
satisfaction level nationwide... The survey, conducted among 5,000
people across the country, revealed that job satisfaction was lowest
in New England at only 44 percent. Nearly two in five people
nationwide said they were content with their wages."
Denver Business Journal: Rocky Mountain states top job-satisfaction survey
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2002/08/19/daily33.html
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"Regionally, The Conference Board's Job Satisfaction survey found
marked differences. Respondents in New England (Connecticut, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) and the West
South Central area (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas) were most
dissatisfied. Participants in the West North Central states (Iowa,
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota)
were most satisfied.
The Conference Board's survey supports career-intelligence.com's Jobs
& Economy poll. Despite elevated unemployment statistics and a weak
economy, 83 percent of respondents said they were considering a job
change. With 61 percent stating they would definitely seek a new
position when the economy improves. These are the detailed results:
Jobs & Economy: Will you be looking for a new position when the economy improves?
Yes 61%
No 17%
Maybe 22%
100%
For more information on The Conference Board's Special Consumer Survey
Report: Job Satisfaction, September 2003 visit
www.conference-board.org.
The Jobs & Economy poll ran on career-intelligence.com from September
9, 2003 to October 14, 2003. There were 90 respondents."
Career-Intelligence: Unhappy at Work?
http://www.career-intelligence.com/management/unhappy.asp
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Here is the full Conference Board report referred to in the three articles above:
Consumer Research Center: Job Satisfaction Continues to Wither
http://www.consumerresearchcenter.org/members/surveys/specialsurveys/JobSatisfaction-2003.pdf
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"The new CareerBuilder.com survey, 'Plans for 2004,' was conducted
from November 18, 2003 to December 4, 2003 of more than 1,900 workers.
Nearly one-in-four workers (24 percent) say they are generally
dissatisfied with their jobs. Although this is an improvement over the
29 percent who said they were dissatisfied in a CareerBuilder.com
survey completed in December 2002, more workers today are on the prowl
for a new job opportunity compared to a year ago. Thirty-five percent
of workers said they planned to change jobs in 2003 compared to 40
percent of workers planning to find new positions in 2004."
CareerBuilder: Forty Percent of Workers Plan to Change Jobs in 2004
http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pr/2003/123003b.htm
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This is a very well-detailed 74-page report that you may find very
useful for its wealth of statistics:
Society for Human Resource Management: Job Satisfaction Poll
http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/surveys_published/Job%20Satisfaction%20Poll.pdf
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using the search terms "job satisfaction," "employee satisfaction" and
"worker satisfaction" in combination with the terms "poll," "study,"
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