What Affects the Quality of Work Life Most?: Turkey Example

Year 2014, , 2 - 35, 31.10.2014

Selda Taşdemir Afşar

https://doi.org/10.18490/sosars.379159

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study aims to examine whether there is a significant correlation between the quality

of work life and academic title, wages, total number of years in the organisation, total number

of years at position, type of employment, work arrangement type (full-time, part-time, etc.),

overtime, perceptions about protective nature of the organisation as well as such demographic

characteristics as age, gender and marital status, and also looks at the impact of these variables

on the quality of work life. The sample was composed of 570 academics from 4 universities in

Ankara. Correlation analysis revealed a positive and significant correlation between the quality

of work life and academic title, total number of years in the organisation, total number of years

at position, wages, age and gender whereas it showed a significant negative correlation between

the quality of work life and type of employment, marital status and protective nature of the

organisation.

Keywords

Quality of Work Life, Working Conditions, Organisational Protectiveness, Demographical Characteristics

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