The effect of salary factor to the familial harmony and the work motivation in service sector: Kastamonu University example

350 people from the academic and administrative staff of Kastamonu University have participated to the survey which aims to assess the effect of the salary amounts of academic and administrative staff working in universities which are institutions in service sector, to the intra familial harmony and work motivations of the employees. According to the results of data which have been statistically analysed through SPSS, among the demographic variables, a significant difference between education and work motivation has been found, however, there has been no significant difference observed between the work motivation of the employees and gender, age, professional experience, staff hierarchical status and level of income. In addition, a significant difference has been found between the education and income variables and negative conditions caused by underpayment for employees. It has been observed that the majority of the surveyees are between ages 26-45, that their levels of education are 91 % B.A. levels or higher. The data of the survey have initially been subject to analysis in SPSS 22 statistics program. In the analysis of the data, frequency tables for the demographic qualities; and for the other variables, non parametric Kruskall-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test techniques have been used. According to the results of the survey which have been categorised under four headings, these findings have been observed: that for the surveyee employees, general institutional policies and management have a strong effect on work motivation; that cuts in employee salaries do not have much effect on familial harmony; that salary bonuses (premiums etc.) increase employee's work motivation; that compared to the work roles of the employees, their salaries have generally been considered as low.