Working Time Mismatch and Job Satisfaction - the Role of Employees' Time Autonomy and Gender

Evidence shows that working time mismatch, i.e. the difference between actual and desired hours, is negatively related to employees' job satisfaction. Using longitudinal data from German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine potential moderating effect of autonomy on this relation also consider corresponding role gender. First, individual fixed effects panel estimations reaffirm both negative link hours mismatch positive Second, our results show a Third, analyses hint at gender-specific differences: particularly women seem benefit moderation autonomy.