THE EFFECT OF EMPOWERMENT ON EMPLOYEES’ JOB SATISFACTION: A RESEARCH ON KONYA INDUSTRIAL ZONE

Authors : Mehmet ULUTAŞ

Pages : 589-600

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Publication Date : 2018-01-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The concept of Empowerment, which can be expressed by the words “to give power to”, “to energize”, “authorization”, is defined as the extension of the freedom of choice and action of employees. Job satisfaction is the internal satisfaction that employees receive when doing business. Business executives should take all kinds of measures to increase the job satisfaction of their employees. It was aimed to study the relationship between job satisfaction and empowerment can be omitted. In this context, a survey was conducted on the employees of 19 different companies operating in different sectors in Konya Industrial Zone, including the first five hundred and the second five hundred largest industrial establishments in Turkey, and important data on the relationship between empowerment and job satisfaction were reached. According to this research results; It shows that there is a positive relationship between empowerment and job satisfaction
Keywords : Empowerment, Job Satisfaction