Job satisfaction levels of Turkish judo coaches

The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a difference in judo coaches’ job satisfaction by demographic variables. Secondary purpose is to study judo coaches’ job satisfaction level by occupational and work place variables. Fifty five of the subjects were males and 10 of them were females, sixty five Judo coaches in total were tested with job satisfaction questionnaire developed by Hackman and Oldham (1975). Differences among variables were examined by one way ANOVA. Alpha 0.05 was taken. It was determined in the research that there were no differences (p>0.05) in job satisfaction by gender, income from coaching, daily working hours, occupational experience and work environment in judo coaches’ job satisfaction level but there were differences (p<0.05) by occupational view of the future, choosing the same profession and approach of the manager of business place to them.   Key words: Job satisfaction, judo coaching, sport management.