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Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective

Groeneveld (2009) found that women in the Dutch civil service are slightly more satisfied with their career opportunities than men, in an environment which has become more favorable to them in the recent years. Even if the gender difference found is significant, it is so small that its relevance is...

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Autor Principal: Santos Saint Romain, Carlos Eduardo
Otros Autores: Schuster, Christian
Formato: Tesis de Maestría
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Houghton / London School of Economics and Political Science 2017
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ADMINISTRACI?N P?BLICA
INSTITUCIONES P?BLICAS
SATISFACCI?N LABORAR
G?NERO
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spelling oai:localhost:28000-43072017-06-21T08:02:48Z Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective Satisfacci?n labor en el sector p?blico en Ecuador: una perspectiva de g?nero Santos Saint Romain, Carlos Eduardo Schuster, Christian ADMINISTRACI?N P?BLICA INSTITUCIONES P?BLICAS SATISFACCI?N LABORAR G?NERO Groeneveld (2009) found that women in the Dutch civil service are slightly more satisfied with their career opportunities than men, in an environment which has become more favorable to them in the recent years. Even if the gender difference found is significant, it is so small that its relevance is questionable. Using her methodology this paper seeks to understand if her findings can be applied cross nationally. Ecuador is an interesting case with a similar changing environment where women seem to be better represented at higher levels of the Ecuadorian civil service and where the wage gap has been significantly reduced in recent years. Contrary to the initial hypotheses that established a similar phenomenon would be observed, there are no statistical significant differences between genders in careers satisfaction even after controlling for socio-demographic variables. However, staff turnover for men is larger. It was found that the main variable to explain career satisfaction is salary and the position within the hierarchies in the state structure. In this context, the public sector employees value more the extrinsic aspects of the job than the intrinsic ones. Differences can also be found in the general level of satisfaction between people coming from different regions within the country. 2017-06-20T16:05:39Z 2017-06-20T16:05:39Z 2015-09 masterThesis Santos Saint Romain, Carlos Eduardo. (2015). Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective. (Trabajo de titulaci?n de la Maestr?a en Administraci?n P?blica y Gobierno). London School of Economics and Political Science. Houghton. 44 p. http://repositorio.educacionsuperior.gob.ec/handle/28000/4307 eng openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ec/ 44 p. Houghton / London School of Economics and Political Science
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format Tesis de Maestría
topic ADMINISTRACI?N P?BLICA
INSTITUCIONES P?BLICAS
SATISFACCI?N LABORAR
G?NERO
spellingShingle ADMINISTRACI?N P?BLICA
INSTITUCIONES P?BLICAS
SATISFACCI?N LABORAR
G?NERO
Santos Saint Romain, Carlos Eduardo
Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective
description Groeneveld (2009) found that women in the Dutch civil service are slightly more satisfied with their career opportunities than men, in an environment which has become more favorable to them in the recent years. Even if the gender difference found is significant, it is so small that its relevance is questionable. Using her methodology this paper seeks to understand if her findings can be applied cross nationally. Ecuador is an interesting case with a similar changing environment where women seem to be better represented at higher levels of the Ecuadorian civil service and where the wage gap has been significantly reduced in recent years. Contrary to the initial hypotheses that established a similar phenomenon would be observed, there are no statistical significant differences between genders in careers satisfaction even after controlling for socio-demographic variables. However, staff turnover for men is larger. It was found that the main variable to explain career satisfaction is salary and the position within the hierarchies in the state structure. In this context, the public sector employees value more the extrinsic aspects of the job than the intrinsic ones. Differences can also be found in the general level of satisfaction between people coming from different regions within the country.
author2 Schuster, Christian
author_facet Schuster, Christian
Santos Saint Romain, Carlos Eduardo
author Santos Saint Romain, Carlos Eduardo
author_sort Santos Saint Romain, Carlos Eduardo
title Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective
title_short Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective
title_full Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective
title_fullStr Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective
title_full_unstemmed Careers satisfaction in the Ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective
title_sort careers satisfaction in the ecuadorian civil service: a gender perspective
publisher Houghton / London School of Economics and Political Science
publishDate 2017
url http://repositorio.educacionsuperior.gob.ec/handle/28000/4307
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