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ERIC Number: EJ865129
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Apr
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1380-3611
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Examining the Relationship between Teacher Organizational Commitment and School Health in Turkish Primary Schools
Sezgin, Ferudun
Educational Research and Evaluation, v15 n2 p185-201 Apr 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between teachers' perceptions of organizational commitment and school health in Turkish primary schools. The Organizational Commitment Scale and the Organizational Health Inventory were used to gather data from 323 randomly selected teachers employed in 20 primary schools in Ankara. Results indicated that teacher compliance commitment was negatively related to both identification and internalization. Three dimensions of school health, institutional integrity, principal professional leadership, and morale, negatively predicted teacher commitment based on compliance. However, teacher internalization commitment was positively predicted by these 3 health dimensions. Professional leadership was the only school health dimension that was significant in predicting identification commitment. Two other dimensions of school health, academic emphasis and resource support, were not significant predictors of the commitment factors. Results of the study are discussed in relation to developing the organizational health of schools and improving the organizational commitment of teachers. (Contains 2 tables and 1 note.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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