THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR OFFICE WORKERS: A FIELD STUDY

Abstract

Job satisfaction and organizational commitment have gained more and more importance in current work lives. Responsibility for consequences without participation in processes is considered to be one of the obstacles in getting job satisfaction. Industrialization has replaced traditional ties with work and workplace rules, with competence-based social statuses leading to a greater degree of individualization of personal skills and alienation – not only of the individual to social values but also of the society to itself, with the individual becoming more and more autonomous and lonely. Job satisfaction is a pleasurable and positive emotion resulting from the evaluation of an individual’s work and work experiences. Developments in dependence emphasize a sense of loyalty based on job satisfaction if circumstances beyond traditional practices are realized. Today's prominent situation is also related to the desire of office workers to get a job satisfaction from their work. In order to contribute to the discussion process, the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment of public sector office workers is examined in this study. It is hoped that this study will contribute to the researchers, the practitioners and the theoretical studies in the area.