@article{article_338141, title={The Effect of Job Satisfaction and Some Individual Characteristics of the Employees of Elazığ Forestry District Directorate on Job Satisfaction}, journal={Turkish Journal of Forest Science}, volume={1}, pages={155–168}, year={2017}, DOI={10.32328/turkjforsci.338141}, author={Çok, Necati and Göksu, Emre and Doğaner, Adem and Kalkan, Bahri and Güneş, Özden}, keywords={job satisfaction,Elazığ,regional directorate of forestry,job satisfaction factors}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The aim
study was ensuring the institutional development related to achieve sustainable
forest management, to service more quickly and higher quality, and to reach
determined strategic aims by revealing of the variables which differ the job
satisfaction scale of forest resource managers and personnel. For this aim, a
survey study has been conducted on all officers of the Elazığ Regional Forestry
Directorate. T-test and variance analysis have been done for determining if
there are differences or not between the groups. The average job satisfaction
scores of the officers were compared by numbers of children, working years, age
groups, education levels, task positions in the units, marital status and
gender, but there was not any statistically significantdifferences. When
comparing by the income groups, there was statistically significant difference.
It has been found that the score of job satisfaction scale has increased when
employees’ incomes (their wages) has increased. The obtained results are
evaluated all, discussed and some suggestions were made for enhancing
alternative solutions that can increase their job satisfaction levels. </span> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University}