The purpose of this research was to predict job satisfaction among pilots and assistant based on coping skills. Two hundred pilots and assistant were randomly selected from Mehrabad airport. They completed job satisfaction and skills coping questionnaires. Multiple regression test was used to analyze the data. The results showed that coping skills can predict job satisfaction, in other words it can be said that only the somatization component, emotional inhibition of the coping skills could predict job satisfaction of pilots and assistant.
KeywordsJob SatisfactionCoping Skills
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