A study on the relation between the employees motivational level and job satisfaction and tendency to quit the job in tourism sector

Human resources management, which deals with the ?humane? part of management, has significant importance for an institution, independent from the sector it is in, whether it is in the private or state sector and whether it aims at making profit or not. In the century we are in, many academic staff and appliers agree that the intuitions which invest in human recourses will succeed. So, employees are considered to be a value to be able to provide high productivity and a positive working atmosphere. In an institution, employees should be motivated to work effectively. Motivation is an influencing factor that makes the people productive. Therefore it has great importance for the institutions. This study aims to clarify the connections between the motivation level and job satisfaction or intent to quit the job.In the first chapter, motivation process and types of motivation are discussed and their definitions are given. In this chapter motivation theories are dealt with. In the second chapter the connection between the motivation and job satisfaction is dealt with and job satisfaction, the importance of job satisfaction, the factors that influence job satisfaction, the connection between the motivation and job satisfaction, the connection between the motivation and tendency to quit the job are discussed. In the third chapter, the assessment of the connection between the motivation level of the employees and the tendency to quit the job is given. With this study, a research about the connection between the motivation level of the employees and the job satisfaction is carried out.The results of the applications performed in this study indicated that the employees? motivation and job expectations differ from their actual perceptions and job satisfaction has a decisive effect on the intent to quit the job.