Investigation of job and life satisfaction of counselors working in guidance and research centers in terms of organizational variables

The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between job and life satisfaction levels, psychological capital and organizational silence of counselors in the Guidance and Research Centers (GRC). The sub-objectives of the study are to examine whether the job and life satisfaction levels of counselors working in GRC differ significantly according to gender, education level, tenure in the profession, tenure in the GRC and the department in the GRC. The study group of the research consists of 428 counselors working in 203 GRC of Ministry of National Education in 2022-2023 academic year. The data of the study were collected through the Personal Information Form, Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale, Psychological Capital Scale and Organizational Silence Scale. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine whether the job and life satisfaction of counselors working in the GRC was predicted by psychological capital and organizational silence. Whether the job and life satisfaction of counselors who constituted the study group differs significantly according to gender, education level and the department in the GRC was analyzed with the t-test for unrelated samples. Whether the job and life satisfaction levels of the participants differs significantly according to tenure in the profession and tenure in the GRC was analyzed by One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results suggested that job and life satisfaction were predicted by psychological capital positively and significantly; also job and life satisfaction were predicted negatively and significantly by organizational silence. Also the job satisfaction levels of the counselors differs significantly in terms of gender and tenure in the profession. Lastly, the life satisfaction levels of the counselors working in the CRC differs significantly in terms of tenure in the GRC.