An empirical model for the study of employee paticipation and its influence on job satisfaction

Authors

  • Lucas Joan Pujol Cols Facultad de Cs. Económicas y Sociales - Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Becario doctoral de investigacion en Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Ténicas (CONICET). Argentina.
  • Mariana Foutel Facultad de Cs. Económicas y Sociales - Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Argentina.

Keywords:

Participation, Job satisfaction, University, Expectations, Qualitative Analysis.

Abstract

This article provides an analysis of the factors that influence the employee’s possibilities perceived to trigger actions of meaningful participation in three levels: Intra-group Level, Institutional Level and directly in the Leadership team of of the organization.

Twelve (12) interviews were done with teachers from the Social and Economic Sciences School of the Mar del Plata (Argentina) University, with different positions, areas and working hours.

Based on qualitative evidence, an empirical model was constructed claiming to connect different factors for each manifest of participation, establishing hypothetical relations between subgroups.

Additionally, in this article the implication of participation, its relationship with the job satisfaction and the role of individual expectations on the participation opportunities that receives each employee, are discussed. 

 

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Author Biographies

Lucas Joan Pujol Cols, Facultad de Cs. Económicas y Sociales - Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Becario doctoral de investigacion en Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Ténicas (CONICET). Argentina.

Becario doctoral de investigacion en Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Ténicas (CONICET).

Docente de Grado en Facultad de Cs. Economicas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP).

Doctorando en Administración en la Facultad de Cs. Económicas de la Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNICEN)

Mariana Foutel, Facultad de Cs. Económicas y Sociales - Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Argentina.

Docente de Grado y Postgrado en Facultad de Cs. Economicas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP).

Directora de la Especialización en Administración de Negocios y Maestría en Administración de Negocios (MBA) de la Facultad de Cs. Economicas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.

Directora del departamento de Administración de la Facultad de Cs. Economicas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP).

Published

2015-12-01

How to Cite

Pujol Cols, L. J., & Foutel, M. (2015). An empirical model for the study of employee paticipation and its influence on job satisfaction. Ciencias Administrativas, (6). Retrieved from https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/CADM/article/view/2052

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Scientific Articles