The Relationship Between Occupational Motivation and Job Satisfaction of The Academicians

Abstract: The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between occupational motivation and job satisfaction of the academicians working at Yüzüncü Y？l University. The study is a descriptive study which is one of the quantitative research methods. The population of the study consists of 1318 academicians working at Yüzüncü Y？l University. The scale were administered to the all members of the study population. Occupational Motivation and Job Satisfaction Scale which consists of three sections was employed in the study. 396 scales applied to the study group were included in the study. The obtained data was analyzed by appropriate statistical program. At the end of the study, it seems that occupational motivation of academicians; the dimensions of occupational characteristics and relationship at work are higher than average motivation level while the dimensions of management policies, students, physical conditions have lower values. Regarding job satisfaction, it was found that teaching staff’s job satisfaction varies significantly in terms of age and the lecturers at the age of 40 and above have higher job satisfaction than the lecturers under the age of 40. Moreover, general job satisfaction levels of teaching staffs was determined very high according to the results of the research