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In organizations, not only the satisfaction in working life but outer working life or whole satisfaction from life has an effect on the motivation of an individual and ambition for work. From this view the subject of “satisfaction obtained from the working life and life satisfaction” constitutes one of the most interesting subjects of the working psychology literature. Many approaches have been suggested for the relation between satisfaction obtained from the working life and life satisfaction: ― According to some, working life affects the life satisfaction positively or negatively. ― According to others general life satisfaction affects the satisfaction obtained from the working life. ― Other than these two approaches mentioned before, absence of relationship between these two concepts is defended, too. When discussing either the satisfaction in the working life affects the general life satisfaction or vise versa, the only certainty on this matter is the existence of the strong relationship between working life and general life satisfaction. In this paper, the relations between the satisfactions obtain from the working life and general life satisfaction would be handled in a theoretical frame and it would be tested among automotive sector in Bursa.