THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: A STUDY ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

In this study, the measures TSS and OCS were used and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were applied. Participants have high levels of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. With regard to job satisfaction, no significant differences were found in terms of participants’ variables of gender, seniority, age, status or branch. The perceptions of organizational commitment do not have significant differences in terms of gender, seniority or age however it was found that administrators have higher levels of organizational commitment than teachers and also class teachers have higher levels of organizational commitment than branch teachers. There is a significant and positive correlation between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.