기혼 근로자의 근로 및 사업체 특성, 과로인식이 직무만족도와 생활만족도에 미치는 영향

Effects of Work and Firm Characteristics and Perception of Overwork on Job and Life Satisfaction among Married Workers

Using the 17th KLIPS data surveyed by the Korea Labor Institute in 2014, this study investigates whether longer working hours, perception of overwork, wage level, and other work-related characteristics statistically impact workers’ job and life satisfaction. The differences between groups based on gender and age, paid and unpaid working hours, and average monthly income were the focus of the analysis. The result of this study can be summarized as follows. First, the perception of overwork had a strong negative impact on job and life satisfaction for almost all groups. Second, having 1.5 times the median income had a constant positive impact on job and life satisfaction among men workers over 50s, and life satisfaction among groups with relatively short working hours. Third, hourly wages also had a powerful positive effect on worker’s job and life satisfaction, except for some women groups. Fourth, longer working hours at the workplace showed no significant impact in general; however, it has negative effects on life satisfaction among men in 20s and 40s and that among groups having above the average monthly income. Therefore, when explaining workers’ job and life satisfaction in the context of working time, we must include comparative perspectives, such as comparisons between workers’ status in the workplaces and between the firms.