Job Satisfaction Levels of Employees in Hotel Establisments: A Research on Employees in Resort and City Hotel Establishments Cover Image

Otel İşletmeleri İşgörenlerinin İş Doyum Düzeyleri: Sayfiye ve Şehir Otel İşletmeleri İşgörenleri Üzerinde Bir Araştirma
Job Satisfaction Levels of Employees in Hotel Establisments: A Research on Employees in Resort and City Hotel Establishments

Author(s): Elbeyi Pelit, Yüksel Öztürk
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Orhan Sağçolak
Keywords: Job satisfaction; resort hotel establishments; city hotel establishments; employers in hotel establishments.

Summary/Abstract: No matter in which sector they function, the job satisfaction of the employees at desired level has the utmost importance for the employees’ performance and organizational efficiency. In this respect, applications and studies related to defining job satisfaction and the factors affecting job satisfaction also have importance for establishments to provide data sources to perfrom their functions in the long term. For this reason, establishments should revise their employees’ job satisfaction levels at times. Especially the issue is much more significant for labour-intensive hotel establishments. In this context, to determine the job satisfaction levels of the city and resort employees in hotel establishments ,this research is carried on 1854 employees employed at 114 five-star hotels in city and resort areas of Turkey using “Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale” to collect data. It is concluded that the employees whose job satisfaction is measured by questionnaires are not satisfied with such issues as the wage, making their own decisions, company policies and promotion opportunities. In the further analyses performed (independent-samples t test and ANOVA), it is found out that the job satisfaction level of the employees working in resort hotel establishments is higher than the employees working in the ciy hotel establishments. In addition this, it is found out that there are some differences between the job satisfaction level and education level of the employees.

  • Issue Year: 2/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 43-72
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Turkish
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