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标题：Does Company Size Matter? An Empirical Investigation on Job Satisfaction and Work Flexibility based on Romanian Employees’ Opinions
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作者：Ionut Casuneanu ; Viorel Lefter ; Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2019
卷号：9
期号：5
页码：362-382
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i5/5877
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：The labour market was in a continuous changing process in the last years and the atypical work has become more significant. Recently, work flexibility become more and more relevant, people working at desired times tend to be more motivated and therefore the level of retention increases. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to investigate the main characteristics of job satisfaction and work flexibility in different Romanian companies using the opinions of 220 employees, highlighting the main differences between practices in micro, small, medium and large companies. Thus, the main research question: is it better to work for a small or a large company? In order to do that, descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests (Kruskal-Wallis tests) have been used. The empirical results revealed that employees of small companies are the most satisfied with both their current job and the salary received, while the less satisfied are paradoxically, the employees from the medium or large companies. Asked about the measures to be taken to improve employee motivation, employees from micro companies tend to consider the flexible program as a very important incentive to improve the work motivation, while the small companies’ employees give even more importance to the ability of working from home (remote work) or near to the house (teleworking). Regarding the main forms of flexibility present in the Romanian companies, it is important to highlight that if the teleworking is important for small companies, updating job post according to new tasks is more prevalent in large companies. Also, large companies tend to consult their employees about changes in work organization and working conditions, while the work in shifts is more specific to medium size companies. The functional flexibility revealed statistical differences regarding the training courses paid by the employer, this type of flexibility being more widespread in large companies. The empirical results revealed that all the new ways of working tend to be more known among employees from large companies.