RELATIONSHIP AMONG PERCEPTIONS OF QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AND JOB SATISFACTION

The subject of this study was the relationship between quality of work life and satisfaction with definite job attributes in regard to job contents and work environment. The quality of work life into organizations is explained based on the tendencies for humanization of work environments and democratization of work relations. Three general dimensions established in series of Moos’s researches (1974, 1981, 1994; Young 1998; Teh 1999) of psychosocial aspects in different settings- educational, health-care, military, economic, service, universities, prisons etc. are considered as characteristics of each work environment. Basic environmental dimensions include: Relationship Dimensions (peer cohesion, involvement etc.) which identify the nature and the intensity of personal relations in the environment and evaluate the degree of involvement in the environment as well as the degree of mutual support; Personal Growth Dimensions (professional interest, etc.) that evaluate main directions along which personal growth and self- enhancement are directed to realization of environmental goals; and System Maintenance and Change Dimensions (innovation, clarity, etc.) which encompass the degree of order in the setting, clarity of expectations, maintenance of control and adjustment to changes. Motivators are treated as factors of job satisfaction whilst unfavorable hygiene factors cause job dissatisfaction in work environment (Hertzberg 197, according McKenna 2000)