Antecedents and Consequences of Teacher Organizational and Professional Commitment

• Published in: Educational administration quarterly Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 555 - 577
• Main Authors: Somech, Anit, Bogler, Ronit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.10.2002; Corwin Press; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Attitudes; Behavior; Behavior Patterns; Citizenship; Citizenship Responsibility; Civics, army, policy education; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; Decision Making; Definitions; Educational sciences; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Israel; Organizational Commitment; Professional Autonomy; Professional Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Social Behavior; Teacher Motivation; Teacher Participation; Teacher Persistence; Teachers; Teaching Methods; Values; Work Environment; Israel; Decision Making; Participation; Occupational Commitment; Teacher role; Secondary School Teacher
• ISSN: 0013-161X; 1552-3519
• DOI: 10.1177/001316102237672

The purpose of the present study was to examine the distinctive relationships of teacher professional and organizational commitment with participation in decision making and with organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The data were collected through questionnaires from a sample of 983 teachers at 25 middle schools and 27 high schools in Israel. The results of the structural equation model confirmed the main hypotheses and depicted distinctive patterns of relationships regarding professional commitment and organizational commitment in schools. First, whereas participation in the managerial domain was positively associated with both the professional and the organizational commitment, participation in the technical domain was positively related with only teachers’ professional commitment. Second, professional commitment was positively associated with OCBtoward the student, whereas organizational commitment was positively associated with all three dimensions of OCB(toward the student, the team, and the organization). Implications of the study findings are discussed in relation to teachers and administrators in schools.