Description:
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the job variables of life satisfaction and marital satisfaction of lecturers. It is descriptive study comparing the marital satisfaction and life satisfaction in terms of gender, academic status, working year and working hours. The sample of the study consisted of voluntary and married 119 lecturers (40 female, 79 male). Data collection instruments were Marital Adjustment Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale. In terms of gender variable, it was found that there was no difference between marital adjustment and life satisfaction. However in terms of academic status of lecturers, while there was no difference in marital adjustment, there was a quite difference in life satisfaction. In this research, life satisfaction of professors was seen to be higher than the assistances. In addition, there was no difference between marital adjustment and life satisfaction of lecturers in terms of working years. On the other hand, there is a meaningful difference in terms of working hours.