Comparison of occupational satisfaction and life satisfaction of people working in public and private institutions

This study attempts to present the comparison of public and private sector employees according to their professional and personal satisfaction and in which condition which group of people achieve higher satisfaction. Research samples are constituted by 75 public sector employees (36 women, 39 men) and 75 private sector employees (42 women, 33 men) who are chosen randomly and living Istanbul in 2016. Grand total of the employees is 150. Diener's Life Satisfaction Survey, Professional satisfaction survey and a Personal Information Form prepared by the analyst are used as data collection tool. According to the findings when both public and private sector employees' professional satisfaction degree increases their personal satisfaction degree, too. When we compare public and private sector employees with other people it is determined that public and private sector employees who graduated from universities and have master degree have higher professional satisfaction and promotion chance. It is found that the men working in private sector have more professional satisfaction which includes work nature than women and women working in public sector have higher professional satisfaction which includes communication than men. The private sector employees' working for 6 to 8 hours professional satisfaction degree is higher than the employees working for more than 8 hours. The employees working in public and private sector who are satisfied with their salary have higher professional and personal satisfaction than the employees who aren't satisfied with their salary. The private sector employees who are married have higher professional satisfaction degree including promotion than single employees but it is determined that private sector and married employees' professional satisfaction including vested benefits is lower. Also it is found that there is a relationship between marital status and professional satisfaction. However, there isn't any relationship between marital status and personal status. When public and private sector employees' professional and personal satisfaction are compared among demographic variables some results are found. The results are evaluated in a detailed way in Arguments and Comments section at the end of the research. Keywords: Diener's Life Satisfaction, Professional Satisfaction, State Agency,Private İnstitution