Abstract:

Purpose of the research is to examine the organizational commitment and job satisfaction of the provincial representatives of the Turkish Tennis Federation in terms of different variables and to determine the relationship between them. The research group consists of 79 representatives working in the provinces where it is located. Organizational commitment scale and Minnesota job satisfaction scale were used to collect data. In order to determine whether the organizational commitment and job satisfaction levels of the representatives differ according to marital status and education level, firstly, the normality test was performed (p<0.05) and the mann whitney U test was used for the marital status variable and the kruskal wallis H technique for the education level variable. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between the organizational commitment of the provincial representatives and their job satisfaction, and multiple regression analysis was used to test its predictor. In the results obtained in the research, it was seen that the representatives had a high level of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. In terms of marital status, there was no significant difference between emotional commitment and job satisfaction levels; a significant difference was found in the levels of continuance and normative commitment. In terms of education level, there was no significant difference between organizational commitment and job satisfaction levels. In research, it was determined that there is a positive relationship between the organizational commitment of the representatives and their job satisfaction. In addition, organizational commitment was found to be a moderate predictor of job satisfaction.

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