58 | PART B. SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. 4. No. 3. May, 2012 ANALYZING OF LEVELS OF JOB SATISFACTION OF VOLLEYBALL CLASSIFICATION REFEREES IN THE TERMS OF SOME PARAMETERS Özgür Karataş 1 , Yrd. Doç. Dr. Cemal Gündoğdu 2 , Dr. A. Serdar Yucel 2 *, Serkan Hacıcaferoğlu 1 ,Tuba Fatma Karadağ 3 , Burhanettin Hacıcaferoğlu 4 1 Inonu University, 2 Firat University, 3 Ardahan University, 4 Muğla Gençlik Hizmetleri ve Spor İl Müdürlüğü, İl Müdürü Physical Education and Sports Colleges (TURKEY) *Corresponding author: alsetu_23@hotmail.com ABSTRACT This research was carried out in order to determine the levels of job satisfaction of volleyball classification referees in the terms of some parameters (gender, age, marital status, duration of refereeing). The referees carrying out a duty in the Turkey leagues of 2011-2012 seasons constitute the nature of the research. At the same time, 136 classification referees who were selected randomly between 440 classification referees depend on the Volleyball Federation of Turkey constitute its sample. SPSS packaged software was used for the statistical analysis. Measurement tool consists of two parts. The evaluation was carried out intended for determine the demographic characteristics of the referees in the first section, "Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale" was used in the second section. Validity and reliability studies were carried out and reliability co-efficient (cronbach alpha) was found as 0.75. Determined that there is no difference statistically between levels of the job satisfaction of the referees according to their genders, also there is significant difference statistically between levels of the intrinsic job satisfaction of the referees according to their ages, marital status and duration of the refereeing. As a result, it is concluded that as age goes by, job satisfaction is increasing in the parallel of this, increasing of the experience and authority depending on the duration of refereeing, integration of reward and referees works are effective in the emergence of this difference. Key words: Volleyball, Referee, Job Satisfaction, Variable, Classification 1. INTRODUCTION The work is an effort to produce goods and services that undertaken in return for price, brought with the relations with it and realized within a certain period of time in the organizational environment. Also, satisfaction is a form of an emotional response. Employees gain many experiences about their works, their company and business environment during the working life. Employees should have things they seen, experienced, gained, their happinesses and sorrows during their working life. Attitudes that had by the employees against their works or their company come into the open as a result of all this information and emotions. The job satisfaction is a general result of the attitudes and represents that employee to be in good condition physically and mentally (1). It is proper that specify the job satisfaction as the general attitute for to the works done by the employees (2,3). Defining the job satisfaction as the positive mood that obtained by the individuals as a result of the work experience, and also defining the job dissatisfaction as the negative attitudes that had by the employees against their works will be realistic, due to attitude that had by the employees against their works can be positive or negative (4). Job satisfaction is the attitudes had by the people against their works, and also it includes the knowledge, beliefs, feelings, behavior, and evaluations. The job satisfaction increases in so much that in the parallel of this with the requests, business compliance of the employee. Also job dissatisfaction can be explained with the negative attitudes and behavior of the employee against the work. Also organizational and environmental factors such as content of the work, fees, management policy, working conditions can affect the job satisfaction as well as personal characteristics as well as age, gender, educational level (3). The effort of human development, satisfied and enrichment have been an activity which was taken into account principally throughout history. Improvement of the characteristics such as abilities, skills, relationships of the individual in the business environment; is an important factor in the subject of finding the life meaningful and valuable (5). The satisfaction that provided from the work by the person is important for both his/her happiness and increasing the quality of the service provided by him/her. All employees request to be improved of working conditions, met the economic, psychological and social needs, aspirations and demands relating to the working life and these are satisfied as long as these requests are met (6). The important thing in the job satisfaction is the form of perception of the concept of business by the individual. This content varies from person to person. The things understood by the individual in the work, expectations of work, standard of judgment, beliefs and attitudes determine the criteria for job satisfaction. The importance and values given by the people are different in the subject of dignity of work in society. The wage level that satisfied to one person of the people who work in the same status and in the same work may fail to satisfy one another. Furthermore, a person is satisfied in the terms of wage in the work, paying much fee to another one in the equal status causes to job dissatisfaction. As it is clear from this, job satisfaction is not only depending on the personal expectations; also environmental relations are effective (7).