Job Satisfaction and Levels of Burnout of the University Staff Who Do and Don’t Do Sports Regularly

Abstract

The population of the research was the university staff who work within the faculty of education. Among 51 university staff, 23 participate insports regularly and 28 of whom don't. In the research, Personal Information Form which was developed by the researcher; Maslach Burnout Scale, the study of the validity and the "Job Satisfaction Scale was used as a data collection tool. As a result of the research; it was found out that there was a significant difference between the university staff who do and don't do sports regularly in terms of job satisfaction and level of burnout, in favour of those who do sports regularly. No statistical difference was found when the job satisfaction and levels of burnout of the university staff who do and don't do sports regularly according to their professional experiences.