Job Satisfaction of Full-Time Employees versus Part-Time Student Employees: A Case Study of a Swedish Staffing and Recruitment Company
(2023) MGTN59 20231Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- Job satisfaction is a complex concept that has mainly been investigated in a quantitative nature from several perspectives. Most past studies have focused solely on investigating full-time employees quantitatively, without taking into account other employment types such as part-time student employees, or other methods of data collection. Additionally, a lack of studies exist focusing on comparing part-time student employees and full-time employees. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to compare what part-time student employees and full-time employees perceive contributes to their level of job satisfaction, including similarities and differences. The purpose is also to explore what the employment types perceive would increase their level of... (More)
- Job satisfaction is a complex concept that has mainly been investigated in a quantitative nature from several perspectives. Most past studies have focused solely on investigating full-time employees quantitatively, without taking into account other employment types such as part-time student employees, or other methods of data collection. Additionally, a lack of studies exist focusing on comparing part-time student employees and full-time employees. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to compare what part-time student employees and full-time employees perceive contributes to their level of job satisfaction, including similarities and differences. The purpose is also to explore what the employment types perceive would increase their level of job satisfaction. To fulfill the research purpose, a case study utilizing a mixed-methods approach was conducted on a staffing and recruitment company with the name StudentConsulting. Eleven employees were included in this investigation.
The findings reveal that both part-time student employees and full-time employees perceive co-workers to be a factor that contributes to their level of job satisfaction. Contrary, the findings also reveal that there are differences between the employment types in what they perceive contributes to their level of job satisfaction. These include activity, achievement, supervisor/manager and organizational culture for full-time employees, and recognition, variety, responsibility, flexibility in scheduling, workplace flexibility, and perceived inclusion for part-time student employees. Moreover, both employment types reported several ways to increase their job satisfaction which include activities with all employees, setting clear guidelines and goals, and increasing part-time student employees’ responsibility. Additional suggestions to increase job satisfaction were also reported by the full-time employees and part-time student employees respectively. Although the research lacks generalizability, the findings can be used as a stepping stone for future studies within the research field, and provide organizations with greater knowledge regarding employment types and job satisfaction. (Less)
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- author
- Hallberg, Tova LU and Nelson Holmquist, Augusta LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MGTN59 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Job Satisfaction, Employment Type, Part-time Student Employee, Full-time Employee, Comparison, Factors, Mixed-Methods, Case Study
- language
- English
- id
- 9118126
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-26 14:21:50
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- 2023-06-26 14:21:50
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abstract = {{Job satisfaction is a complex concept that has mainly been investigated in a quantitative nature from several perspectives. Most past studies have focused solely on investigating full-time employees quantitatively, without taking into account other employment types such as part-time student employees, or other methods of data collection. Additionally, a lack of studies exist focusing on comparing part-time student employees and full-time employees. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to compare what part-time student employees and full-time employees perceive contributes to their level of job satisfaction, including similarities and differences. The purpose is also to explore what the employment types perceive would increase their level of job satisfaction. To fulfill the research purpose, a case study utilizing a mixed-methods approach was conducted on a staffing and recruitment company with the name StudentConsulting. Eleven employees were included in this investigation.
The findings reveal that both part-time student employees and full-time employees perceive co-workers to be a factor that contributes to their level of job satisfaction. Contrary, the findings also reveal that there are differences between the employment types in what they perceive contributes to their level of job satisfaction. These include activity, achievement, supervisor/manager and organizational culture for full-time employees, and recognition, variety, responsibility, flexibility in scheduling, workplace flexibility, and perceived inclusion for part-time student employees. Moreover, both employment types reported several ways to increase their job satisfaction which include activities with all employees, setting clear guidelines and goals, and increasing part-time student employees’ responsibility. Additional suggestions to increase job satisfaction were also reported by the full-time employees and part-time student employees respectively. Although the research lacks generalizability, the findings can be used as a stepping stone for future studies within the research field, and provide organizations with greater knowledge regarding employment types and job satisfaction.}},
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language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Job Satisfaction of Full-Time Employees versus Part-Time Student Employees: A Case Study of a Swedish Staffing and Recruitment Company}},
year = {{2023}},
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