THE EFFECT OF GENDER IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION FOR FEMALE EMPLOYEES

Abstract

Despite the fact that males and females have the same working conditions in almost whole sectors in theWorld, it is seen that generally males work in especially administrative positions which have strategicalimportance. Similarly, it is seen that in health sector which is one of the most important sectors of workinglife in our country, females are employed less in administrative level. Therefore, with this study it was triedto determine whether gender has a mediating role in the relationship of career development and jobsatisfaction for females working in health sector or not. Population is composed of public and private hospitalsin Osmaniye province, 200 employees working in these hospitals were determined as samples and saidemployees were exposed to questionnaires. In the study, correlation analysis was made in order to determinethe effect of gender on career and regression analysis of structural equation modeling was made in order totest the mediating effect. According to the result of the research, it was found that there was a negativerelationship between gender and career and a positive effect of gender in the relationship of careerdevelopment and job satisfaction for females.