Among other factors reported to have an effect on job satisfaction in the literature is job autonomy, which has
also work-related outcomes at the individual and organizational levels. As a job resource, job autonomy is
considered crucial for organizational success (Amburgey, 2005) because greater autonomy is believed to result in
greater job satisfaction due to the liberty of employees to decide their own pace and schedule at work (Nguyen et al.,
2003). Nevertheless, prior research regarding the relationship between job autonomy and job satisfaction has been
mostly conducted in psychology and sociology, including relatively small and unrepresentative study samples
(Anderson et al., 1992; 1995; Schienman, 2002).