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Wodurch wird die Arbeitszufriedenheit landwirtschaftlicher Arbeitnehmer beeinflusst?

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  • Maria Naether

    (Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

  • Janine Stratmann

    (Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

  • Christina Bendfeldt

    (Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

  • Ludwig Theuvsen

    (Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

Abstract
Im Zuge von Änderungen der Agrarpolitik und des Strukturwandels entwickeln sich landwirtschaftliche Familienbetriebe zu erweiterten Familienbetrieben mit familienfremden Arbeitskräften und müssen sich in der Folge vermehrt personalwirtschaftlichen Fragestellungen widmen. Angesichts des zunehmenden Fachkräftemangels erlangt die Arbeitszufriedenheit von landwirtschaftlichen Arbeitnehmern eine wichtiger werdende Bedeutung. In dieser Studie werden die Einflüsse verschiedener betrieblicher Aspekte sowie der Lebens- und der Gesundheitszufriedenheit auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit landwirtschaftlicher Arbeitnehmer untersucht. Die Ergebnisse einer multivariaten Analyse mittels eines Regressionsmodells zeigen, dass besonders die Gesundheitszufriedenheit und die Tätigkeit selbst einen großen Einfluss auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit landwirtschaftlicher Arbeitnehmer haben. Die Ergebnisse zeigen somit Möglichkeiten auf, wie Betriebsleiter die betrieblichen Aspekte positiv beeinflussen können, um die Arbeitszufriedenheit ihrer Arbeitnehmer zu steigern. In response to changes in agricultural policy and structural changes in agriculture, family-run farms are developing into extended family-run farms with non-family employees. As a consequence, farm managers frequently find themselves having to deal with issues of personnel management. Due to the increasing shortage of skilled labour, farm workers’ job satisfaction has taken on growing importance in acquiring and retaining workers. This study investigates the influence of various farm-related factors, as well as lifestyle and health satisfaction, on the job satisfaction of agricultural employees. The results of a multivariate regression analysis show that two factors – health satisfaction and the work itself – play a particularly large role in farm workers’ job satisfaction. These results suggest options for farm managers looking to increase job satisfaction among their non-family employees.

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  • Maria Naether & Janine Stratmann & Christina Bendfeldt & Ludwig Theuvsen, 2015. "Wodurch wird die Arbeitszufriedenheit landwirtschaftlicher Arbeitnehmer beeinflusst?," Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: Yearbook of Socioeconomics in Agriculture), Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, vol. 8(1), pages 85-96.
    • Handle: RePEc:cha:ysa001:v:8:y:2015:i:1:p:85-96
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    Keywords

    Agricultural Employment; Personnel Management; Job Satisfaction;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
    • J43 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Agricultural Labor Markets
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
    • Q19 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Other

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