The relationsip between culture and organizational commitment among chinese primary school teachers
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between school culture and organizational commitment.The study focused on twenty three Primary Chinese Schools (SJKC) in Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. 200 teachers were randomly selected to be the respondents where they were asked to complete...
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| author | Raman, Arumugam Lim, Tse Ying Khalid, Rozalina |
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| description | The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between school culture and organizational commitment.The study
focused on twenty three Primary Chinese Schools (SJKC) in Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. 200 teachers were randomly selected to be the respondents where they were asked to complete the School Culture Inventory (SCI) (Maslowski, 2001)
questionnaire to test the school culture while Organizational Commitment (OC) (Meyer & Allen, 1990) to examine teachers’ commitment.Descriptive statistics of the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 19. 0 were used to
analyze the data to determine the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.Using Alpha Cronbachs, the reliability test of the instrument is 0. 90. To test the school culture and organizational commitment, statistical methods, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Data collected was found to be not normal (K-S test) where Spearman correlation p0. 05.Findings indicate that school culture is related to organizational commitment. Dimensions of human relations, open system, rational goal, internal process showed positive and significant relationships with organizational commitment, thus, proving that school culture is a predictor of organizational commitment. |
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| spelling | uum-151822016-04-27T08:24:20Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15182/ The relationsip between culture and organizational commitment among chinese primary school teachers Raman, Arumugam Lim, Tse Ying Khalid, Rozalina LB Theory and practice of education The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between school culture and organizational commitment.The study focused on twenty three Primary Chinese Schools (SJKC) in Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. 200 teachers were randomly selected to be the respondents where they were asked to complete the School Culture Inventory (SCI) (Maslowski, 2001) questionnaire to test the school culture while Organizational Commitment (OC) (Meyer & Allen, 1990) to examine teachers’ commitment.Descriptive statistics of the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 19. 0 were used to analyze the data to determine the frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.Using Alpha Cronbachs, the reliability test of the instrument is 0. 90. To test the school culture and organizational commitment, statistical methods, descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Data collected was found to be not normal (K-S test) where Spearman correlation p0. 05.Findings indicate that school culture is related to organizational commitment. Dimensions of human relations, open system, rational goal, internal process showed positive and significant relationships with organizational commitment, thus, proving that school culture is a predictor of organizational commitment. MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy 2015-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15182/1/6164.pdf Raman, Arumugam and Lim, Tse Ying and Khalid, Rozalina (2015) The relationsip between culture and organizational commitment among chinese primary school teachers. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (2 S5). pp. 93-100. ISSN 20399340 http://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2s5p93 doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2s5p93 doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n2s5p93 |
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