I'm interested in how our (U.S.) satisfaction with our jobs have trended over
the last 30 years.  I believe overall satisfaction rates have dropped and the
number of people actively looking to change jobs or open to changing
jobs has jumped but don't have the data.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 28 Nov 2006 19:44 PST

Hello again  Chrisriche,

Please take a look at the following publications.

Is this the sort of information you need?

Thanks, 
Bobbie7


The Changing Distribution of Job Satisfaction

Abstract

?The distribution of job satisfaction widened across cohorts of young
men in the United States between 1978 and 1988, and between 1978 and
1996, in ways correlated with changing wage inequality. Satisfaction
among workers in upper earnings quantiles rose relative to that of
workers in lower quantiles. An identical phenomenon is observed among
men in West Germany in response to a sharp increase in the relative
earnings of high-wage men in the mid-1990s. Several hypotheses about
the determinants of satisfaction are presented and examined using both
cross-section data on these cohorts and panel data from the NLSY and
the German SOEP. The evidence is most consistent with workers regret
about the returns to their investment in skills affecting their
satisfaction. Job satisfaction is especially responsive to surprises
in the returns to observable skills, less so to surprises in the
returns to unobservables; and the effects of earnings shocks on job
satisfaction dissipate over time.?
http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/7332.html

Download complete publication here:
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7332.pdf

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Did job satisfaction really drop during the 1970's?
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1982/11/rpt1full.pdf


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'Job satisfaction'1995-2000
http://edition.cnn.com/2000/CAREER/trends/10/23/job.dissatisfaction/

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Job Satisfaction of Recent Graduates in Financial Services
Purdue University
Originally Posted: May 28, 2003
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030522ar01p1.htm


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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 28 Nov 2006 19:59 PST

Here's a bar chart.

U.S. Job Satisfaction Drops 1995-2003
http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/members/issue.tmpl?articleid=10140311550987

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Clarification of Question by chrisriche-ga on 29 Nov 2006 12:32 PST

Thanks.  Can you add in the search parameters used?

Thanks,

Chris

Hello again  Chrisriche,

I am pleased you are satisfied with my findings.


The Changing Distribution of Job Satisfaction

Abstract

?The distribution of job satisfaction widened across cohorts of young
men in the United States between 1978 and 1988, and between 1978 and
1996, in ways correlated with changing wage inequality. Satisfaction
among workers in upper earnings quantiles rose relative to that of
workers in lower quantiles. An identical phenomenon is observed among
men in West Germany in response to a sharp increase in the relative
earnings of high-wage men in the mid-1990s. Several hypotheses about
the determinants of satisfaction are presented and examined using both
cross-section data on these cohorts and panel data from the NLSY and
the German SOEP. The evidence is most consistent with workers regret
about the returns to their investment in skills affecting their
satisfaction. Job satisfaction is especially responsive to surprises
in the returns to observable skills, less so to surprises in the
returns to unobservables; and the effects of earnings shocks on job
satisfaction dissipate over time.?
http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/7332.html

Download complete publication here:
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7332.pdf

--------------

Did job satisfaction really drop during the 1970's?
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1982/11/rpt1full.pdf


--------------

'Job satisfaction'1995-2000
http://edition.cnn.com/2000/CAREER/trends/10/23/job.dissatisfaction/

--------------

Job Satisfaction of Recent Graduates in Financial Services
Purdue University
Originally Posted: May 28, 2003
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20030522ar01p1.htm



Here's a bar chart.

U.S. Job Satisfaction Drops 1995-2003
http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/members/issue.tmpl?articleid=10140311550987

Search terms:
"job satisfaction" 1970..2006
"job satisfaction" gwoth OR trends
"job satisfaction" on Google Image 

I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Good data in answer.  Thanks!