Factors Affecting the Professional Commitment of Teachers in Gibson School Systems in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting the professional commitment of teachers at selected private school, Gibson School Systems, in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. To analyze the collected data and to sort out the existence and magnitude of causal effect of Independent Variables on Dependent Variable, explanatory research design was used. Here mixed research (concurrent nested) approaches, was employed. To accomplish the purpose of the study, 274 employees have participated in the study. Among them 262 teachers were included through simple random sampling technique and 12 administrators of the school were interviewed to supplement the data obtained with questionnaire. The main techniques of data collection were Questionnaire and interview. Analysis of quantitative data was carried out by using descriptive statistical analysis such as, frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation, and inferential analysis (correlation and regression analysis). The results revealed that a significant and positive relationship exists between independent variables (teachers’ job satisfaction, work environment, and organizational characteristics) and the dependent variable (teachers’ professional commitment). The findings also indicate that external factors exceeds internal factor on teachers’ professional commitment. Based on the findings, appropriate recommendations such as, all concerned bodies should make special attention for teachers’ Job satisfaction, Work environment, Organizational characteristics and their commitment on the job. In addition to this, the attention area should focus on personal development and training, constructive continues support, allocating sufficient budget for fulfilling school materials and designing ways how to increase teachers’ social support and respect were raised as recommendation.
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Professional commitment, Factors affecting professional commitment, Teachers` commitment.