Organizational Commitment of Higher Secondary School Teachers

P. Srinivasan^1, and K. Selvi¹

¹Department of Education, Tamil University, Thanjavur, India

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P. Srinivasan and K. Selvi. Organizational Commitment of Higher Secondary School Teachers. American Journal of Educational Research. 2016; 4(5):404-407. doi: 10.12691/education-4-5-7

Abstract

In the present study, the investigators tried to find out the level of organizational commitment. In their day-to-day work, teachers can and do make huge difference to children’s lives directly through the curriculum they teach and indirectly through their behavior. The sample consisted of 300 teachers. The sample was taken using random sampling technique. Data was collected with the help of Teachers Organizational Commitment Scale (TOCS) by Sajid Jamal and Abdul Raheem (2014). The data obtained were analyzed statistically with the help of Mean, Standard Deviation and t – test. The statistical analyses were made with SPSS 21[7]. The findings suggested that the organizational commitment of teachers is high. There is no significant difference between male and female higher secondary school teachers. There is a significant difference between urban and rural higher secondary school teachers.

Keywords:
organizational commitment higher secondary teachers

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