Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to predict the professional job satisfaction levels of physical education and sport teachers’ in the province of Denizli. The participants of this study consisted of 59 physical education and sport teacher working both in state and private high scholls in Denizli. Physical education and sport teachers' professional job satisfaction is examined depending on the variables of gender, seniority, school working period and age. In this study, the Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale used as the data collection tool developed by Weiss, David, England and Lofguist 1967 . The mean scores of job satisfaction are considered an indicator of professional satisfaction. In addition, school working period, seniority and age variables are used to determine the predictors of professional job satisfaction. To analyze the research questions, the parametric tests such as t-test and stepwise regression analysis techniques are utilized. The results showed that there is no gender difference on the professional job satisfaction. In addition, stepwise regression analysis indicated that the only school working period is significant and valid predictors of the professional job satisfaction. On the other hand, seniority and age are not significant and valid predictor of the professional job satisfaction. The implications of these results and suggestions for future researches are discussed

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