Zsófia Vörös

University of Pécs,

Pécs, Hungary

E-mail: voros.zsofia@ktk.pte.hu 

ORCID 0000-0003-4756-8050

The role of work values in the subjective quality-of-life of employees and self-employed adults

Abstract. As research has produced conflicting results on the relationship between the employment form and life outcomes, it is important to examine the moderators of this link. In this article, we analyze the data of more than 4,000 working individuals of an international OECD survey and use the person-environment fit theory to test whether intrinsic and extrinsic work values have a differential effect on the subjective and eudaimonic well-being, and job satisfaction of organizational employees and self-employed individuals. We found that employees experience lower job satisfaction and well-being than self-employed adults but work values may narrow the gap.

Received: May, 2021

1st Revision: April, 2022

Accepted: June, 2022

DOI: 10.14254/2071-789X.2022/15-2/9

JEL Classification: L26, I31, M50

Keywords: work value orientation, eudaimonic well-being, subjective well-being, job satisfaction, person-environment fit theory, self-employment