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a high level of security (28)
The emphasis on income found here in
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the survey appears to be typical of Hong Kong workers and has been noted
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by Mitchell, Chaney, Carr and Ward.
There was little variation within the sample with regard to those aspects
rated as more important by the sample in general. Roughly the same
proportions of younger men, older men, younger women and older women in
the sample rated good income, high level of security, good working
conditions and a just employer as more important; the same held for
skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled respondents and for respondents in
large and small firms. The only job aspect where there was any variation
between the different groups was good welfare benefits where older women
and respondents in small firms were less likely to rate it as more
important.
Respondents' Job Satisfaction
The respondents seemed on the whole to be moderately well satisfied with
those aspects of the job they considered more important. Thus 84%
considered their income to be good or average, 84% considered the security
of their job to be good or average, 91% considered their working conditions
to be good or average and 96% considered their employer to be good or
average. With the regard to the last, the survey showed that the
impartiality of their employer was the aspect of their jobs that the
respondents were most satisfied with, 63 rating it as good." A slightly
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småller proportion of the respondents, 67 considered the welfare benefits
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they received to be good or average. Very few of the respondents
considered their trade union organization and the number of relatives at
their workplace to be satisfactory but since the respondents attached
little or no importance to these aspects of the work situation their
general level of job satisfaction is unlikely to be affected here.