A comparative analysis on job satisfaction of public personnel: The case of city Van

The objective of this study is to compare the job satisfaction levels of public personnel working in the field of education and health. The sample of the research involves a total of 338 public personnel who worked 211 in the education field and 127 in the health field in the central districts of Van (Edremit, İpekyolu and Tuşba). Employees' job satisfaction was determined using the short form of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. In the statistical analysis of the study were used t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Tukey multiple comparison test. The job satisfaction level of public employees was compared according to demographic variables. As a result of the analysis, while there was a significant difference between job satisfaction of the public employees participating in the survey depending on the variables like their age, marital status, educational status and the periods of duty, there was no significant difference according to gender variable. It has been determined that the job satisfaction levels of the public personnel working in the field of education was not differ according to their positions and schools they work. It was determined that the job satisfaction levels of public personnel working in the field of health differ according to their duties. It was determined that there was a significant difference between the job satisfaction averages of the public personnel working in the field of education and health, and the job satisfaction averages of the public personnel working in the field of education are higher.