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

Abstract

AbstractThis 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.