Job Satisfaction of Teachers and Predictor Variables For Organizational Commitment

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 26 - 32, 31.10.2020

Nihan Sölpük Turhan

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of four branch, seniority and life satisfaction of the teachers
that work in the state schools in Istanbul province on the two dependent variables of job satisfaction and
organizational commitment. This study employs a quantitative method and the study group was formed by
means of disproportionate cluster sampling method by the rule of impartiality. The study group consists of 194
teachers that work in the state schools in Istanbul province. The data in the study were analyzed by using path
analysis in AMOS program. According to the study findings, the effect of the positive direct correlation
between Life Satisfaction and Job Satisfaction is found (.527, p<. 05) “strong.” The effect of the positive direct
correlation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment is found (.842, p<. 05) “strong.” The effect
of the negative direct correlation between organizational commitment and job satisfaction is found (-.174; p<.
05) “weak.”

Keywords

Job satisfaction, Organizational commitment, Life satisfaction

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