Exploring the Link between Job Satisfaction and Productivity in Architectural Offices

Year 2024, Volume: 28 Issue: 4, 708 - 718, 31.08.2024

Yiğit Can Yardımcı , Yasemin Erbil

https://doi.org/10.16984/saufenbilder.1435674

Abstract

Job satisfaction is an important factor that directly affects an employee's productivity. The relationship between job satisfaction and productivity is a critical factor in many professions, including architecture. Therefore, it is important that they are satisfied with their jobs in terms of productivity. The aim of this study is to examine demographic features, job satisfactions and productivity levels of architects working in architectural offices in Bursa and to determine whether there is a relationship with each other. In this study, a questionnaire was used as a data collection method. A survey was conducted with 203 architects working in Bursa. The survey consists of 3 parts. In the first part demographic features, in the second part job satisfactions and in the third part, there are questions about productivity. According to the findings, the correlation coefficient value between the productivity of job satisfactions in the working environment is between 0 and 0.50, revealing the importance of job satisfaction and productivity for the companies and the employees. As a result of the research, it was concluded from the correlation analysis that the parameters of architects' job satisfactions were effective on productivity. It has been observed that the productivity of the employees who are satisfied with their job, organization of the working environment has also increased. In terms of architects, it is thought that this study will contribute to the scientific field in terms of the absence of a study examining the three issues together and reflecting the perspectives of architects on their profession. In the context of architectural offices, studies examining job satisfactions or productivity are very limited.

Keywords

Architects, Architectural offices, Job satisfaction, Productivity

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