This paper will analyze the mediating influence of educational level on job related characteristics-job satisfaction relationship. The main research questions are whether the level of education influences job satisfaction. In order to answer this question, MANOVA was applied using the data obtained by the primary research on a sample of 813 employees in the companies in Serbia. Results of the study showed that job satisfaction is rising with increasing the level of education, except in case of highest level of education. Also, all job related characteristics (except contingent rewards) have significantly different influence on job satisfaction of employees with different levels of education. The results also showed that pay has greater influence on job satisfaction of the lowest educated employees than it has on job satisfaction of others. For employees with secondary education, communication and relationship with co-workers has such influence. For job satisfaction of employees with higher level of education, relationships with superiors and operating procedures have greater influence, while for the highest educated employees those are fringe benefits and nature of work.

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教育程度对工作相关特征的中介作用：工作满意度关系

本文将分析教育程度对工作相关特征-工作满意度关系的中介影响。主要研究问题是受教育程度是否影响工作满意度。为了回答这个问题，MANOVA使用了主要研究获得的数据，对塞尔维亚公司的813名员工进行了抽样调查。研究结果表明，工作满意度随着教育水平的提高而提高，但最高学历的情况除外。此外，所有与工作相关的特征（或有奖励除外）对受过不同教育程度的员工的工作满意度影响显着不同。结果还表明，薪酬对受过最低教育的员工的工作满意度的影响大于对其他员工的工作满意度的影响。对于受过中等教育的员工，与同事的沟通和关系具有这种影响。为了使受过高等教育的员工满意，与上级的关系和操作程序会产生更大的影响，而对于受过高等教育的员工，这是附带的好处和工作性质。