Organizational commitment levels of high school teachers in terms of various variables


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Çimen M., Şahin Fırat N.

BİLTEK-VI International Symposium on Current Developments in Science͕͕, Technology and Social Sciences, Malatya, Türkiye, 16 - 18 Eylül 2022, ss.395-410

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Malatya
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.395-410
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This research was conducted to investigate the organizational commitment perceptions of high school teachers in terms of various variables. The survey model was used in this research, which was conducted with the quantitative research model. Research data was collected through "Personal Information Form" and “Organizational Commitment Scale”, which was developed by Meyer, Allen and Smith (1993) and adapted into Turkish by Dağlı, Elçiçek and Han (2018). In the scale, organizational commitment is conceptualised in three dimensions: affective, continuance and normative commitment. The scale was applied to 440 teachers working in public high schools in the Salihli district of Manisa. The collected data were transferred to the SPSS program and frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standart deviation, t-test, ANOVA and LSD tests were performed. According to the research results; affective commitment of high school teachers is at the level of agree. Continuance commitment, normative commitment and general organizational commitment are at the level of neutral. The level of organizational commitment of male high school teachers was found to be higher than female high school teachers in the general commitment and in the affective commitment dimension of the scale. There was no significant difference in terms of gender in the dimensions of continuance commitment and normative commitment. When high school teachers with 2 children are compared with teachers who have no children and 1 child, it has been revealed that organizational commitment levels are higher in general organizational commitment and continuance commitment dimension of the scale. In the dimensions of affective and normative commitment, there is no significant difference in terms of the number of children variable. High school teachers with Associate/Bachelor's degrees have higher perceptions of continuance, normative and general organizational commitment than high school teachers with master’s and doctorate-degree graduate education. There was no significant difference in terms of education level in the dimension of affective commitment. Teachers working in Religious Vocational High School and Anatolian High School/Social Sciences High Schools have higher levels of affective, normative and general organizational commitment compared to teachers working in Vocational and Technical Anatolian High Schools. In the dimension of continuance commitment, there was no significant difference in terms of the type of high school. High school teachers who have worked in the same school for 11 years or more have a higher level of continuance commitment than teachers who have worked for 0-5 years and 6-10 years. There was no significant difference in the affective, normative and general organizational commitment levels of teachers concerning the term of employment in the same school.