Abstract:

It is significant to figure out which factors affect job satisfaction because more job satisfaction produces higher work motivation and more harmonious managementlabor relation. As white collars and blue collars have different requirements on job satisfaction，Chinese work force are divided into three groups in the article: professional whitecollars，classical whitecollars and industrial workers. Then the author tests the determinants of job satisfaction among the three groups based on China General Social Survey Data 2006. The result shows that for the three groups，income satisfaction has a positive correlation with job satisfaction while work environment and promotion have no significant relation with job satisfaction. In addition，for the professional whitecollars，ages and social insurance are positively correlated with job satisfaction，and for the classical whitecollars，ages and education have a positive correlation with job satisfaction. For the industrial workers，however，job autonomy has a negative correlation with job satisfaction，and employee involvement is not closely related with job satisfaction.

Key words: labor group, job satisfaction, job autonomy, employee involvement, income satisfaction