Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between leisure satisfaction and job satisfaction of academics in sports sciences faculties. The study group consists of a total of 201 participants, including 151 men and 50 women, from academics who work in faculties of sports sciences. In addition to the personal information form, the "Leisure Satisfaction Scale" consists of 6 sub-scales and 39 questions. In addition, the 14-item job satisfaction (IS) scale was used in the study. In the data evaluation, number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, Mann Whitney-U Test, and Spearman Rank Differences Correlation Analysis were used as descriptive statistical methods. The results obtained were given in the tables. According to the results of the study, the participants' leisure and job satisfaction scores did not show a statistically significant difference according to gender, marital status, possession of enough leisure, age, title, weekly course hours and service life variables (p > 0.05) and there was a positive and low-level relationship between leisure satisfaction and job satisfaction.

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