ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND ATTITUDE AMONG RESEARCH ASSISTANTS IN SCHOOLS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS

This study was carried out to determine whether the job satisfaction of research assistants at Schools of Physical Education and Sport, and their attitudes to university lecturers, varies at a meaningful level regarding some variables and to find out the correlation between them. The sample of the research includes 96 research assistants. The levels of job satisfaction were determined by the “Job Satisfaction Scale” (Ba and Ard , 2001) while attitude levels concerning lecturers were determined by the “Research Assistants’ Attitude to Lecturers’ Scale” (Semerci, 2004). The research assistants’ points and general job satisfaction, subdimension job satisfaction and quality of job satisfaction, ,image of the institution, satisfaction of job security, satisfaction with academic atmosphere and executive consultant, communication and satisfaction points with colleagues did not vary according to the different age variable. On the other hand, differences at a meaningful level in the points of salary satisfaction according to the age variable were confirmed. According to the research assistants’ service period variable, no differences were found in the job satisfaction, the subdimension job satisfaction and in the average of the points of lecturers. A moderate positive versatility among general job satisfaction with regard to research assistants’ attitude to lecturers, satisfaction from the job quality and image of the institute; communication and the satisfaction with colleagues as the subdimension was confirmed.