The Job Satisfaction of Bank Employees in North Cyprus

Abstract The main purpose of this study was to provide empirical evidence to establish whether job satisfaction exists among bank employees in North Cyprus. The study instrument used was the short form Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) which measures job satisfaction using 20 facets of the job. The questionnaire was distributed to 723 bank employees, with 702 of them being returned. Of these 702 returned questionnaires’ 679 were valid. Data analysis consisted of the computation of descriptive statistics in order to examine the job satisfaction levels of the respondents. The study results indicated that bank employees were moderately satisfied with their job.