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    The Relationship between school climate and Teachers' professional commitment in Jimma zone government high schools
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2005-06) Berhane, Aynie; Wole, Dagre (Professor)
    The relationship of teachers' professional commitment and school climate in Jimma zone government high schools was investigated in a sample of 153 teachers of eleven secondary schools. Two kinds of questionnaires, which focused on the three dimensions of school climate (collegial leadership, teachers' professionalism and academic press) and teachers' commitment were administered. The Cronbach alpha estimate of reliability of the instruments ranged from 0.81 to 0.95 for school climate scales and it was 0.93 for teachers' commitment scale. Teachers' commitment and school climate were found to be significantly related to each other. Among the components of school climate, teachers' professionalism was found to have the highest relationship with teachers' commitment. Collegial leadership, on the other hand, has relatively low but significant relationship with teachers ' professional commitment. Multiple regresswn analyses revealed that components of school climate could predict commitment of teachers in the school. ANOVA results showed that there is significant difference of commitment across teaching work experience with commitment of teachers increasing with experience. Discussions and conclusions are made based on the results. Finally, some recommendations are indicated for possible interventions and further study.