The Factors Affecting Life Satisfaction of Employees

Abstract

Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influence employee life satisfaction in terms of problem drinking, depression, and social support.
Methods: The subjects were 180 employees from the B district of G metropolitan city. The data analysis was carried out on the basis of frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple Regression Analysis.
Results: The level of life satisfaction of the employees were found to be at the state of slightly satisfied, with an average score of 21.33 out of 35. The score of problem drinking was 6.70±6.16, while 21.7% was classified into the problem drinking group and 12.1% was into the presumptive alcohol use disorder group. Depression score was 10.83 (out of 60), while 8.8% were found to be moderately depressed, 1.7% was severely depressed, and 6.7% was very severely depressed but 82.7% were normal. The social support score was 48.21±7.85 (out of 60). It was found that family life satisfaction and social support were the influencing factors on life satisfaction for which the explanatory power was 49.8%.
Conclusion: The results showed that the higher the family life satisfaction and social support are, the higher the life satisfaction
is. Additionally, it was found that life satisfaction becomes higher when good interpersonal relationships were maintained as well as the economic level was high and less depressed. These findings may be used for the development of programs to increase the life satisfaction of employees.