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

Yıl 2018, , 1 - 8, 31.01.2018

Şener Uysal

https://doi.org/10.19168/jyasar.316235

Öz

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.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Job Satisfaction, Human Resource, Agricultural Services, Public Personnel

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