Examining the relationships between job satisfaction, life satisfaction and intention to leave: A study on private hospital employees

In this research, it is aimed to determine the job satisfaction, life satisfaction levels and Decoupling intentions of doctors and nurses according to their descriptive characteristics and to reveal the relationship between them. The universe of the research was composed of doctors and nurses working in a private hospital in Elazig. 210 physicians and nurses participated in the study. A questionnaire has been created in order to collect data from health workers related to job satisfaction, life satisfaction, intention to quit work and descriptive characteristics. To determine the job satisfaction level of health workers, Weiss et al. The Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale, which was created by, (1967) and adapted to Turkish by Baycan (1985), consisting of internal and external dimensions and 20 items, was used. Emmons et al. to reveal the levels of life satisfaction. The Life Satisfaction Scale consisting of 5 items developed by, (1985) and adapted to Turkish by Yetim (1991) was used. To measure the intention of the participants to quit their jobs, Cammann et al., (1979) and developed by Gül et al., (2008) adapted to Turkish by the single dimension and the Intention to Quit Work Scale consisting of 3 items was used. In the analysis of the data, 27 package programs licensed by SPSS were used. As a result of the analyses, statistically significant differences were found between job satisfaction, life satisfaction levels and intention to quit work according to the age, marital status, educational status, income status, occupation and working time Deci-sions of the participants. There are statistically significant and strong relationships between the variables.Dec. It was observed that the intention to quit work decreased significantly as the job and life satisfaction of the participants increased.