Social entrepreneurship behaviour, job satisfaction and life satisfaction of employees in Turkish tourism sector: Tatuta project Narköy example

The increasing needs of society and the demands to meet these needs have led to a reconsideration of civil society requirements. For this reason, social entrepreneurship, which makes social benefit a primary goal, is gaining importance and becoming a more favorable structure. However, the tourism sector is a labor-intensive sector, and a significant part of the lives of tourism occupants are at work. With the increasing work hours and worsening work conditions, tourism employees' job and life satisfaction are decreasing. Social enterprises' main goal is to create social benefits and their plan on making profits is a minor goal. In tourism sector, social enterprises are rarely encountered. Regarding this, the main purpose of this study is to determine social entrepreneurial behaviour antecedents, job satisfaction and life satisfaction of social enterprise employees operating in the tourism sector. Accordingly, a social enterprise operating in the field of tourism has been selected as an example and face-to-face interviews with five people have been conducted. The data obtained as a result of the interviews were subjected to descriptive analysis and interpretation. As a result, it is seen that the social enterprise employees who are active in the tourism sector participating in this study show a great majority of the social entrepreneurial behavior antecedents and are satisfied with their work and life. Keywords: Tourism, Social Entrepreneurship, Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, Descriptive Analysis.