Abstract—The purpose of this study is to identify factors that affect the satisfaction of employees in the automotive supply industry and to examine the relationship between these factors and some demographic variables. For this purpose, the survey on employees of company located in the first 1000 company of Turkey and operating in Konya automotive supply industry has been carried out. This example of this study is created by 215 employees in this company. These data has been analysed in SPSS 19.0 program. Within the scope of findings obtained, has been explained in 4 main dimensions as employee satisfaction: physical conditions and productivity, relationships and communication, training and quality, value and belief. The assessment related to employee satisfaction level has been done, also differentiation levels of employee satisfaction has been determined according to the gender, age group, experience and operation method in terms of these 4 dimensions. We think that research results will provide a significant contribution for managers of automotive supply industry.

Index Terms—automotive supply industry, employee satisfaction

Cite: Osman Unuvar, Ali Erbasi, and Safak Unuvar, "Employee Satisfaction in Automotive Supply Industry: An Application in an Establishment Operating in Konya," Journal of Advanced Management Science, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 305-311, July 2016. doi: 10.12720/joams.4.4.305-311