Investigation of the Relationship Between School Culture and Job Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis Study

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: Special Issue, 1 - 17, 30.04.2020

Ahmet Kurşun , Ercan Yılmaz

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between school culture and job satisfaction. In the research, a quantitative research method, meta-analysis method, was used to determine the effect of job satisfaction on school culture based on the results of the studies on the relationship between school culture and job satisfaction. In this context, the studies conducted in national and international master and doctorate theses and refereed journals between 01.01.2007 and 31.12.2017 were searched and effect size was calculated from 21 studies based on the relationship between school culture and job satisfaction. The results of the study showed that there was a positive, significant and moderate effect size (Zr = 0.405) between school culture and job satisfaction.

Keywords

School culture, Job satisfaction, Effect size

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