Relationships between Teacher Organizational Commitment, Psychological Hardiness and Some Demographic Variables in Turkish Primary Schools

Autor/in	Sezgin, Ferudun
Titel	Relationships between Teacher Organizational Commitment, Psychological Hardiness and Some Demographic Variables in Turkish Primary Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration, 47 (2009) 5, S.630-651 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-8234
DOI	10.1108/09578230910981099
Schlagwörter	Job Satisfaction; Elementary School Teachers; Identification (Psychology); Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Persistence; Foreign Countries; Psychological Patterns; Correlation; Compliance (Psychology); Gender Differences; Teaching Experience; Age Differences; Specialists; Stress Variables; Teacher Characteristics; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Türkei
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between teachers' organizational commitment perceptions and both their psychological hardiness and some demographic variables in a sample of Turkish primary schools. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 405 randomly selected teachers working at primary schools in Ankara participated in the study. Personal Views Survey III-R and the Organizational Commitment Scale were used to gather data. Findings: This paper supports the argument that psychological hardiness is a meaningful construct predicting the perceptions of primary school teachers on organizational commitment. Results reveal that psychological hardiness is positively and significantly related to both identification and internalization components of teacher commitment, whereas it is negatively and significantly correlated to the commitment predicated on compliance. Teacher compliance commitment is negatively associated with both identification and internalization. Although gender and years of experience are significant predictors of identification and internalization, the variables of subject specialization and age did not significantly predict all three subscales of teacher commitment. Originality/value: This paper represents a different approach to organizational commitment by examining teacher commitment under three components--compliance, identification, and internalization. This paper also explores the relationships between organizational commitment and teacher psychological hardiness which is a personality style reducing the negative effects of stress. Results from this study are discussed in relation to practical implications in school settings. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10