abstract: 'Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to empirically analyse gender

  differences in job quality during the first years of the economic crisis

  in Spain.

  Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses microdata from the Quality

  of Working Life Survey. A representative sample of 5,381 and 4,925

  Spanish employees (men and women) in 2008 and 2010, and a two-stage

  structural equation modelling (SEM) are empirically tested.

  Findings - The study revealed three main results. First, the improvement

  in job quality was more favourable to men than it was to women. Second,

  the gender differences in the explanation of job quality increased

  considerably in favour of men. Third, this increase in gender-related

  job inequality in favour of men is explained by a worsening of 4 of the

  5 explanatory dimensions thereof: intrinsic job quality; work

  organisation and workplace relationships; working conditions, work

  intensity and health and safety at work; and extrinsic rewards. Only

  inequality in the work-life balance dimension remained stable.

  Research limitations/implications - The availability of more detailed

  microdata for other countries and new statistical methods for analysing

  causal relationships, particularly SEM-PLS, would allow new approaches

  to be taken.

  Social implications - Public policy measures required to fight against

  gender inequalities are discussed.

  Originality/value - The paper contributes to enrich the understanding of

  the multidimensional and gender-related determinants of job quality and,

  in particular, of studying the effects of the first years of the

  economic crisis.'
affiliation: 'Torrent-Sellens, J (Corresponding Author), Univ Oberta Catalunya, Fac
  Econ \& Business, Barcelona, Spain.

  Ficapal-Cusi, Pilar; Torrent-Sellens, Joan, Univ Oberta Catalunya, Fac Econ \& Business,
  Barcelona, Spain.

  Diaz-Chao, Angel, Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Fac Ciencias Jurid \& Sociales, Dept Appl
  Econ, Madrid, Spain.

  Sainz-Ibanez, Milagros, Univ Oberta Catalunya, Internet Interdisciplinary Inst,
  Barcelona, Spain.'
author: Ficapal-Cusi, Pilar and Diaz-Chao, Angel and Sainz-Ibanez, Milagros and Torrent-Sellens,
  Joan
author-email: jtorrent@uoc.edu
author_list:
- family: Ficapal-Cusi
  given: Pilar
- family: Diaz-Chao
  given: Angel
- family: Sainz-Ibanez
  given: Milagros
- family: Torrent-Sellens
  given: Joan
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/ER-07-2016-0139
eissn: 1758-7069
files: []
issn: 0142-5455
journal: EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
keywords: Gender; Employee relations; Workplace; Women workers; Job satisfaction
keywords-plus: 'EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS; WORK; LABOR; SATISFACTION; SEGREGATION; ATTITUDES;

  POLICIES; MIGHT; LIFE'
language: English
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '66'
orcid-numbers: 'Ficapal-Cusí, Pilar/0000-0003-0020-1796

  Sainz, Milagros/0000-0003-4803-1597

  Torrent-Sellens, Joan/0000-0002-6071-422X

  Díaz-Chao, Ángel/0000-0001-6271-5739'
pages: 2-22
papis_id: 618d77fd27205b4c2df4eaf4baabcacd
ref: Ficapalcusi2018genderinequalities
researcherid-numbers: 'Ficapal-Cusí, Pilar/AAO-5025-2020

  Sainz, Milagros/AGX-1087-2022

  Torrent-Sellens, Joan/AAO-5016-2020

  Sáinz, Milagros/AAO-6982-2021

  Díaz-Chao, Ángel/K-9171-2017'
times-cited: '9'
title: Gender inequalities in job quality during the recession
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000418036500001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '47'
volume: '40'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
year: '2018'