An analysis on the job satisfactions levels of soccer referees

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of job satisfaction of soccer referees in terms of some key
variables, such as gender, educational background, professional experience and etc. This study has been
generated from the Turkish Football Referees of the central board of Referees in Turkish Football Federation. In
particular, sample group of this study is mainly based on 8 Females and 82 Males, total 90 Referees in Ankara
Region. In collection of data, firstly, the personal data form, which is prepared by an analyst, has been
implemented, and then, in order to determine the level of job satisfaction, scale of “Minnesota Satisfaction
Questionnaire”, which was enhanced in 1967 and transcribed in Turkish by Gokcora at 1985, has been applied
to the referees. In analyzing and interpreting of this data, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Mann-Whitney U test,
and Kruskal-Wallis test has been used as the variables in order to investigate the level of job satisfaction of the
referees. At the end of the analysis, a positive correlation between the level of job satisfaction and gender,
educational background, professional experience and the ranking variance could not have been found.

Keywords

• Job satisfaction; soccer; referee.

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Abstract

Çalışmanın amacı; futbol hakemlerinin çeşitli değişkenler açısından iş doyumu düzeylerini belirlemektir. Çalışmanın evrenini Türkiye futbol federasyonuna bağlı görev yapan futbol hakemleri oluştururken, örneklem grubunu ise Ankara bölgesinden 8’i kadın 82’si erkek olmak üzere toplam 90 futbol hakemi oluşturmaktadır. Verilerin toplanmasında öncelikle futbol hakemlerine araştırmacı tarafından hazırlanan kişisel bilgi formu uygulanmış, sonrasında ise iş doyumu düzeyini belirlemek amacıyla 1967 yılında geliştirilen ve Gökçora (1985) tarafındanTürkçeye uyarlanan “Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire” ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Verilerin çözümlenmesi ve yorumlanmasında, futbol hakemlerini iş doyum düzeylerini çeşitli, değişkenlere göre araştırmak için Kolmogorov-Smirnov testi, Mann-Whitney U testi ve Kruskal-Wallis testi, kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucunda; futbol hakemlerinin iş doyum düzeyleri ile cinsiyet, eğitim durumu, mesleki tecrübe ve klasman değişkenleri arasında anlamlı farklılık bulunmamıştır

Keywords

• İş doyumu, futbol, hakem

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