Organizational and Occupational Identification: Relations to Teacher Satisfaction and Intention to Early Retirement

Autor/inn/en	Gumus, Murat; Hamarat, Bahattin; Colak, Ertugrul; Duran, Erol
Titel	Organizational and Occupational Identification: Relations to Teacher Satisfaction and Intention to Early Retirement
Quelle	In: Career Development International, 17 (2012) 4, S.300-313 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-0436
DOI	10.1108/13620431211255806
Schlagwörter	Teacher Retirement; Job Satisfaction; Reputation; Intention; Identification; Unions; Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Union Members; Correlation; Institutional Characteristics; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Regression (Statistics); Social Status; Self Concept; Teaching (Occupation); Secondary School Teachers; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Gewerkschaftsmitglied; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Sozialer Status; Selbstkonzept; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Türkei
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to explore the effects of two work related identification (occupational and organizational) of school teachers on intention to early retirement (withdrawal) and satisfaction with the occupation and satisfaction with the school. It also seeks the influence of perceived external prestige on withdrawal and satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: An empirical study was carried out at public schools in Canakkale, Turkey. Data collected from 238 teachers were analyzed. The correlations between identification and organizational prestige, desire for early retirement, and overall satisfaction of teachers were tested with several demographic variables such as age, gender, tenure and union membership. Ordinal logistic regression analysis (OLR) was conducted to reveal probabilistic behavior of response variables on the basis of explanatory variables. Findings: The results show that both categories of identification have reverse effect on intention to early retirement, and both categories have positive effect on job satisfaction. Perceived external prestige has no effect on intention to early retirement and job satisfaction, but it increases satisfaction from the school. Finally, the "self" and the "occupation" were found salient categories for teachers' identification. Originality/value: Identification literature has long been concentrated on organizational level identification. This paper explores the influence of both organizational and occupational categories of identification, comparatively. Being a teacher is seen as a prestigious occupation in Turkey. Findings about identity as a teacher also confirmed that "self" and "occupation" are two main identity references in the Turkish setting. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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