Researching of Job Satisfaction Levels of Public Personnel Who have Worked in Agricultural Services

The aim of the research is to determine the job satisfaction levels of public personnel working in agriculture services who have different working conditions compared to other sectors, according to the demographic variables (gender, age, education level, place of employment, year of service). The research was practiced in 3 public institutions in Manisa / Turkey. Nonparametric test Mann Whitney U-Test (U-Test) and Kruskal Wallis H-test (H-test) were used for the analysis of data obtained with Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale (MSQ). According to the findings, it was determined that public employees were generally satisfied with the job in the ratio of 3.67 out of 5 points in job satisfaction level. Even though public personnel are happy to have a steady employment and a chance to do something for other people and can be busy all the time, they want the possibility of promotion in their work, the freedom of implementation of their decisions and the appreciation when they get a good job. It has been detected that there are significant differences (p <.05) in the mean scores of some items which constituted the job satisfaction scale according to demographic variables (gender, age, education level and year of service). For instance, within the scope of the research, male public personnel are more satisfied than their female colleagues in terms of independent work and promotion. According to these results, it is beneficial to increase the opportunity of promotion and of working alone for a task for female employees in the workplace. The beginner level public personnel who are 30 years old and younger are more satisfied with the working conditions, chance to work alone in the joband the opportunity to do different things from time to time compared to the ones who are between the ages 31 and 50. Although the satisfaction of being appreciated is observed in the employees who are 51 and older, the same satisfaction should also be enabled for employees at other age groups. The general job satisfaction level of high school graduates is higher than those who have undergraduate and graduate education degrees and it is found that they are more satisfied with the promotion possibilities and managers' abilities to make decisions. As a result, for the on-going satisfaction with working conditions of young employees and the increase in job satisfaction at all age groups, the institutional management should offer an employee a promotion opportunity and freedom to take initiative at work. Consulting the opinions of the public personnel for the job, making important decisions together and implementing these decisions are important for the job satisfaction and work efficiency. In addition, managers' abilities to manage and make good decisions about their subordinates will also increase the job satisfaction level of employees.