Investigating Employees Job Satisfaction on Public Sporting Bodies

The purpose of the present study was to assess job satisfaction degree of employs in public sports organizations in Greece. Further to investigate job satisfaction perceptions between groups with different age and people with different gender. The sample of the study consisted of 102 employees in public sports organizations (77.5% women and 22.5% men). For the assessment of job satisfaction was used Koustelios et all (1997) scale. The reliability and validity of the instrument was tested successfully. Results supported employee’s moderate degree of satisfaction on the following job satisfaction factors: working conditions, salary, and organization as a whole, nature of work and supervision, and lower degree of satisfaction on the promotion factor. Between the two different age groups (31 -40 years, 54.9% and 41-50 years, 38.2%) there were not tested statistically significant differences in all the job satisfaction factors. Also, there were not revealed statistically significant differences in job satisfaction factors between individuals with different sex. The findings of the study agreed with similar studies conducted in Greece and other countries. Keywords: Job satisfaction, public sports bodies, Greece.