ArticleJournal of vocational behavior2022
Tough times at the top: Occupational status predicts changes in job satisfaction in times of crisis.
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- Work scheduling through communication tools and job satisfaction: The roles of work-family conflict and perceived work pressure.PloS one · 2026Article
- Organizational Spirituality: Refining Its Measurement and Exploring Associations with Individual Spirituality at Work and Job Satisfaction in Poland.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and employee job performance trajectories: The moderating effect of different sources of status.Journal of vocational behavior · 2023Article
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Abstract
How do individuals with a higher versus lower occupational status experience major, unexpected changes to their work life? The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted most areas of work life and, thus, provides a unique opportunity to examine changes in work attitudes in response to a worldwide crisis. We predict that individuals with higher, but not with lower occupational status showed a decline in job satisfaction during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany (1st lockdown; March to May 2020), with subsequent recovery to initial job satisfaction levels. Based on role theory and social-psychological theories of hierarchical differentiation, we argue that, due to the profound work-related changes, individuals with higher (vs. lower) occupational status are more negatively affected in realizing their work goals and, thus, experience decreasing levels of job satisfaction. To test these predictions, we investigated trajectories of job satisfaction between December 2019 and August 2020 (7 measurement waves;
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