Using Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies data, we explore the relation between cognitive ability, proxied by an explicit test of individual numeracy level and the reported satisfaction of individuals with their job. The paper identifies a relation of individual cognitive ability on job satisfaction interacting with some characteristics of the job related to job complexity, namely job autonomy and learning opportunity in the workplace. We found that individuals with different levels of cognitive ability exhibit different levels of job satisfaction depending on how much learning and job autonomy allows their employment. Individuals with low level of cognitive ability enjoy more their job autonomy than individuals in the top of the ability distribution. The learning effect brings the most profits to the utility of workers from the middle quartiles. Finally, planning is most enjoyed at the top of the distribution. We discuss the implication of these findings from a practical perspective.

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只有最聪明的人吗？激励所有能力水平的工作特征及其对工作满意度的影响

利用国际成人能力评估计划的数据，我们探索了认知能力（通过对个人计算水平的明确测试来代表）与个人对工作的满意度之间的关系。本文确定了个人认知能力与工作满意度的关系，以及与工作复杂性相关的工作特征（即工作自主性和工作场所的学习机会）相互作用的关系。我们发现，具有不同认知能力水平的个人表现出不同水平的工作满意度，具体取决于学习和工作自主权允许他们就业的程度。认知能力水平较低的个体比能力分布最高的个体享有更多的工作自主权。学习效应给中间四分位数的工人带来了最大的效用利润。最后，规划在发行版的顶部是最令人享受的。我们从实际角度讨论这些发现的含义。