| Summary: | The aims of this study are to determine factors
affecting job satisfaction levels and the relationship between job satisfaction
and organizational commitment among women forest engineers. Surveys made with
180 woman forest engineers working in the public sector constituted the main
material of the study. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis-H tests were used to analyze
whether the answers given by women differ in terms of some socio-demographic
and working life characteristics. Factors affecting job satisfaction were
determined by factor analysis. According to the results of the study, factors
affecting job satisfaction of women; participation and dignity in management,
technical and managerial competence of managers, wages, working conditions and
appreciation, and workplace friendship. To increase job satisfaction, women's
level of participation in governance should be increased. In addition, the
development of the award-encouragement system in the context of job
appreciation may increase job satisfaction. There is a positive relationship
between job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
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