Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the effects of the major-job match on job satisfaction in the tourism-related industry based on the 2015 Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey data. This study has two distinct things. First, we considered major-job matches in two ways, subjective and objective methods, and compared the effects on job satisfaction. It considers the possibility of bias caused by self-reported of respondents in a subjective major-job match. Second, we composed a group of more than one year of experience. Both groups, which are an experienced group and an integrated group, are analyzed respectively to enhance the reliability of subjective major-job match measurement. That is because a new worker can make an inaccurate evaluation of her major-job match and job satisfaction due to incomplete job adaptation. The findings are as below. First, in the case of experience group, subjective major-job match had a positive effect on job satisfaction, while objective major-job match had no significant impact on that. Second, the factors that impact job satisfaction are company size, working hours, overtime payment, and GPA.

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