Commitment to Work and Job Satisfaction

Abstract

1. The Relevance of Studying Work Orientations. Bengt Furaker, Kristina Hakansson and Jan Ch. Karlsson 2. Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations on Work Orientations. Bengt Furaker 3. Declining Work Centrality in Western Europe - Myth or Reality? Frans Hikspoors, Tomas Bjarnason and Kristina Hakansson 4. Work Orientations in Western Europe and the United States. Tomas Berglund 5. Work Attitudes, Employment and Work Mobilization: A Comparison between Anglo-Saxon and Nordic Countries. Bengt Furaker 6. Work Attitudes in Low-Status Occupations: More than Instrumentalism. Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson 7. Administrative Service Work, Occupational Identity and Work Orientations: Much-discussed Problems and Underrated Strengths. Anette Karlsson 8. The Development of Attitudes to Work in Sweden. Birgitta Eriksson, Jan Ch Karlsson, Tuula Bergqvist 9. Employee Satisfaction, Exchange Paradigms and Community versus Autonomy in Employment Relations. Dan Jonsson 10. Work Attitudes in a Crisis. Tomas Bjarnason 11. Agency Workers and Organizational Commitment. Kristina Hakansson and Tommy Isidorsson 12. Work Travel: Stimulating or Stressful? Bengt Furaker List of Contributors Bibliography Index