JOB SATISFACTION INDEX FOR ISTANBUL LABOR MARKET

Year 2010, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 9 - 15, 01.12.2010

Cigdem Boz

Abstract

There has been a general concensus about the role of motivation on the productivity and
effectiveness. And it is commonly accepted that individual and organizational succes depends on
the willingness of people. The motivation or willingness to work can be seen as the job satisfaction
which depends on some variables such as physical conditions of work, income, leisure and the
benefits of job. In this paper, an index of job satisfaction which includes these variables will be
presented and discussed.
This paper uses results of a survey designed and implemented by the author to create an indicator
of job satisfaction for İstanbul labor market.

Keywords

Job satisfaction, İstanbul labor market, employment

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