Kefçi, Süleyman Safa; Özlok, Kasım Kağan

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of job stress in the effect of role overload on job satisfaction. In order to conduct this study, a questionnaire has been applied to 508 teachers working in various provinces of Turkey. Teachers working in public and private sectors participated in the survey. The data obtained in the research has been subjected to analysis through SPSS 24 and Process Macro (4.2) programs. The hypotheses in the study has been developed based on the Job Demands and Resources Theory. As a result of the analysis of the data, it was concluded that the effect of role overload on job stress is positive and significant, the effect on job satisfaction is negative and insignificant, and job stress has a negative and significant effect on job satisfaction. It was determined that job stress has a full mediating effect on the effect of role overload on job satisfaction. These results reveal that education policy makers and administrators working in the education sector should produce policies that will enable teachers to increase their productivity and job satisfaction and reduce their job stress.

Sarı, Sali̇m Sercan; Karabulut, Turgut

Individuals may apply to more than one source of information when seeking financial advice. Financial decisions a person makes voluntarily or under the influence of others can lead to positive or negative results. In this study, the data set was created with the questionnaire applied to the students of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University who are also known as the generation Z, and their financial help seeking behaviors were examined. A total of 354 students voluntarily participated in the study. The obtained data were analyzed with the chi-square test using the SPSS 22 program. According to the findings obtained from the study, it was determined that approximately 94% of the students had financial knowledge. In addition, it was found that students with financial knowledge have financial help seeking behaviors. Financial help seeking behaviors, however, generally consisted of discussions with the family and no help was sought from experts in the related field.