Factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers

The aims of this study are to determine factors affecting job satisfaction levels and the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers. Surveys made with 180 woman forest engineers working in the public sector constituted the main material of the s...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Korkmaz, Güzide Devrim Özlem Baykal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Isparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Forestry 2018-03-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Forestry
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjf/issue/36370/400667?publisher=iubu
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description The aims of this study are to determine factors affecting job satisfaction levels and the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers. Surveys made with 180 woman forest engineers working in the public sector constituted the main material of the study. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis-H tests were used to analyze whether the answers given by women differ in terms of some socio-demographic and working life characteristics. Factors affecting job satisfaction were determined by factor analysis. According to the results of the study, factors affecting job satisfaction of women; participation and dignity in management, technical and managerial competence of managers, wages, working conditions and appreciation, and workplace friendship. To increase job satisfaction, women's level of participation in governance should be increased. In addition, the development of the award-encouragement system in the context of job appreciation may increase job satisfaction. There is a positive relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
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spelling doaj.art-4e41007ba5b143f7b53dbeac171c7b9f2023-02-15T16:18:50ZengIsparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of ForestryTurkish Journal of Forestry2149-38982018-03-01191839010.18182/tjf.4006671656Factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineersMehmet KorkmazGüzide Devrim Özlem BaykalThe aims of this study are to determine factors affecting job satisfaction levels and the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers. Surveys made with 180 woman forest engineers working in the public sector constituted the main material of the study. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis-H tests were used to analyze whether the answers given by women differ in terms of some socio-demographic and working life characteristics. Factors affecting job satisfaction were determined by factor analysis. According to the results of the study, factors affecting job satisfaction of women; participation and dignity in management, technical and managerial competence of managers, wages, working conditions and appreciation, and workplace friendship. To increase job satisfaction, women's level of participation in governance should be increased. In addition, the development of the award-encouragement system in the context of job appreciation may increase job satisfaction. There is a positive relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjf/issue/36370/400667?publisher=iubujob satisfactionorganizational commitmentwomen forest engineerspublic sectori̇ş doyumuörgütsel bağlılıkkadın orman mühendislerikamu sektörü
spellingShingle Mehmet Korkmaz
Güzide Devrim Özlem Baykal
Factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers
Turkish Journal of Forestry
job satisfaction
organizational commitment
women forest engineers
public sector
i̇ş doyumu
örgütsel bağlılık
kadın orman mühendisleri
kamu sektörü
title Factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers
title_full Factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers
title_fullStr Factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers
title_full_unstemmed Factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers
title_short Factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers
title_sort factors affecting job satisfaction with relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among women forest engineers
topic job satisfaction
organizational commitment
women forest engineers
public sector
i̇ş doyumu
örgütsel bağlılık
kadın orman mühendisleri
kamu sektörü
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjf/issue/36370/400667?publisher=iubu
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