TÜRKİYE SÜPER LİG FUTBOL HAKEMLERİNİN İŞ DOYUMU VE TÜKENMİŞLİK DÜZEYLERİNİNİNCELENMESİ

The objective of this study is to analyze the job burnout and job satisfaction levels of super league referees actively working in Turkey Football Leagues in terms of some variables. The universe of the study consists of 80 upper division referees and assistant referees of Turkish Football Federation. The personal information form prepared by the researcher, Maslach Burnout Inventory (1981) and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, which was developed in 1967 to find out job satisfaction level and adapted into Turkish by Gokcora (1985), were used in the study as data collection tools. Kolmogorov-smirnov test, Mann-whitney U test, Kruskal-wallis test and Spearman correlation coefficient were used to analyze and comment on the data. As a conclusion, football referees were found to have high levels of job satisfaction. Significant difference was found in job satisfaction levels in terms of the variables of marital status, football experience and referee post; however, no significant difference was found in job satisfaction levels in terms of the variables of educational status, occupation, duration of refereeing and age. At the same time, while significant difference was found in burnout levels in terms of the variables of marital status, referee post and duration of refereeing, no significant difference was found in terms of football experience, age, occupation, duration of refereeing and educational status. A negative and significant association was found between job satisfaction dimensions and burnout. Key Words: Burnout , job satisfaction, referee, football