EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION LEVELS AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS OF TOURISM SECTOR EMPLOYEES: A RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA REGION OF TURKEY

In this study, it was aimed to determine the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment perceptions of employees in organizations. A questionnaire with 54 questions was used apart from demographic variables to test the model. These questionnaires were distributed to employees working in four and five-star hotel businesses in the provinces in the Southeastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and 492 questionnaires were used for the analysis. The data obtained in the research were evaluated with the help of SPSS 18.0 statistical package program using various statistical methods and test techniques (frequency distribution, t-test, Anova and correlation) in accordance with the purpose of the research. The significance level was accepted as 0.05. As a result of the analyses performed, the relationships between job satisfaction and the dimensions of organizational commitment were examined, and it was determined that affective commitment and normative commitment had a positive linear relationship with employee satisfaction and a negative linear relationship with continuance commitment. In addition, it was also determined that job satisfaction levels of employees differed in terms of demographic variables