Work. 2025 Nov 6:10519815251392188. doi: 10.1177/10519815251392188. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
BackgroundThe study is based on the transportation sector (employees) in Turkiye due to its direct impact on each sector in today’s modern world.ObjectiveThis paper aims to search the relationship(s) between job satisfaction, job stress, and mental well-being notions from the perspective of gender and education level.MethodsThe sample (326 participants) was taken using a simple random sampling method, and participation in the study was voluntary. The research combined correlation, t-tests, and Confirmatory Factor analysis (CFA) as a statistical methodology. This article leverages the robust capabilities of CFA to demonstrate the distinctiveness of variables.ResultsFindings show a strong relationship between job satisfaction, mental well-being, and work stress for employees of both genders and education level was found to be a significant predictor of these three concepts.ConclusionsIt is noteworthy that the strongest correlation observed for female employees was between job satisfaction and job stress, while the strongest correlation for male employees was between mental well-being and job satisfaction.
PMID:41197160 | DOI:10.1177/10519815251392188