THE EFFECT OF GENDER IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION FOR FEMALE EMPLOYEES

Despite the fact that males and females have the same working conditions in almost whole sectors in the World, it is seen that generally males work in especially administrative positions which have strategical importance. Similarly, it is seen that in health sector which is one of the most important sectors of working life in our country, females are employed less in administrative level. Therefore, with this study it was tried to determine whether gender has a mediating role in the relationship of career development and job satisfaction for females working in health sector or not. Population is composed of public and private hospitals in Osmaniye province, 200 employees working in these hospitals were determined as samples and said employees were exposed to questionnaires. In the study, correlation analysis was made in order to determine the effect of gender on career and regression analysis of structural equation modeling was made in order to test the mediating effect. According to the result of the research, it was found that there was a negative relationship between gender and career and a positive effect of gender in the relationship of career development and job satisfaction for females