01287pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002300040245006900063260000900132300001300141362000800154520090000162650001001062650002101072773004801093180718b2011   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aLindorff, Margaret  aJob satisfaction and gender in the APS: Who'd want to be a male?  c2011  ap.58-74.  aMar  aThis article use the 2008 State of the Service survey data to compare the job satisfaction and attitudes toward work of men and women in the Australian Public Service (APS). It shows that up to and including Executive Level (EL) women are significantly more positive than men about their work and the organisation. At Senior Executive Service (SES) level men are more satisfied. The article also looks at the predictors of job satisfaction separately for men and women at each level, and finds that career progression, support for work-life balance, agency leadership, role clarity and authority and good immediate management are significant contributors for most employees. It suggests that the APS use these findings to identify those areas which need to be developed in order to attract men, and increase the job satisfaction of existing male staff at Executive Level and below. - Reproduced.  aWomen  aJob satisfaction  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration