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Abstract
Using European Social Survey 2010/11
data, the analysis reveals a remarkably
resilient impact of social capital and its
constituent components during Europe’s
economic downturn. However, this
resilience is much less pronounced when
the focus is on countries where the
crisis was most severe, suggesting an
economic development threshold below
which certain social capital components
lose their associational impact. Religious
activity is significantly associated with
workers’ job satisfaction in these
economies, providing comfort during
times of socio-economic difficulty. The
extent of organizational trust, measured
by proxy variables for participative
decision-making, has by far the strongest
association with job satisfaction.
About the Speaker
Thomas Lange is Professor of
Human Resource (HR) Management &
Organizational Behaviour (OB)/Associate
Dean (Research), Faculty of Law &
Business, Australian Catholic University.
He also holds a Chair at Middlesex
University Business School, London.
He is a leading authority on empirical
HR & OB. Editor-in-Chief of Evidence-
based HRM: A Global Forum for
Empirical Scholarship, Associate Editor
of International Journal of Manpower &
Editorial Board member of British Journal
of Management, he has published in
such journals as: Human Resource
Management (US), Journal of Vocational
Behavior, British Journal of Management,
International Journal of Human Resource
Management, European Journal of
Industrial Relations, and Small Business
Economics.
Thomas has served several governments
as Specialist Advisor. His academic work
has been covered widely by international
press & media. His scholarship has
informed the policies of: World Bank, ILO,
OECD, European Commission, United
Nations, the UK’s House of Commons and
Office of Fair Trading (Pensions Inquiry),
Cubie Enquiry into Higher Education
Funding (Scotland), Ministry of Education
& Training (Vietnam), numerous economic
development agencies and industry
associations.
See his profile:
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-lange/61/321/b48.
Event details
Convenor:
Professor Greg Bamber, Australian
Consortium for Research in Employment
and Work (ACREW), Centre for Global
Business, Monash Business School,
Monash University.
Date: Wednesday 13 May, 2015
Time: 11.00 am
Venue:
Building N, 27 Sir John Monash Drive,
Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria 3145.
For information on travelling, parking and
a maps, please see:
www.monash.edu.au/pubs/maps/2-
Caulfieldcolour.pdf.
Please RSVP if you wish to attend by
COB Monday 11 May to:
Cynthia.Kumar@monash.edu.
Presented by ACREW: a research group of the Centre for Global Business
N1.08 - Caulfield Campus
Social Capital and Job Satisfaction:
The Case of Europe in Times of Economic Crisis
Professor Thomas Lange
Faculty of Law & Business, Australian Catholic University
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