How well do theories of job matching explain variations in job satisfaction across education levels? Evidence for UK graduates

By C. Belfield, David G. Harris. 2002

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Education and the Determinants of Job Satisfaction (2005, background): “Belfield and Harris (2002) find limited evidence about job matching explaining higher job satisfaction for recent UK graduates.”
Human resource management practices and workers' job satisfaction (2008, background): “In terms of the relationship between pay and job satisfaction, Clark and Oswald (1996) show that a workers’ reported level of well-being is weakly correlated with their income, whereas Belfield and Harris (2002) find no evidence of such a relationship for those working in higher education.”
Job satisfaction in Britain: individual and job related factors (2006, background): “, 1996), comparison income and unemployment (Clark and Oswald, 1994, 1996) work environment (Idson, 1990), work environment and relations with managers (Gazioglu and Tansel, 2004), job matching (Belfield and Harris, 2002) and service sector (Brown and McIntosh, 2003). Locke (1976) defines job satisf”
Relative pay and job satisfaction: some new evidence (2003, background): “Similarly, Belfield and Harris (2002) find no evidence that job satisfaction depends on income among those working in higher education.”