Organizational Commitment of Secondary Schools Teachers in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

Abstract

The quality of teaching and teachers’ organizational commitment determines the success in educational institutions. This study aims to examine the factors influencing organizational commitment of teachers among secondary schools in Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. This is a non-experimental quantitative research using survey technique through the administration of a set of questionnaire. A total of 357 surveys were randomly selected as samples. The data was analyzed by following descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS. The results exhibited that teachers’ organizational commitment was perceived as a moderate level, and there was a positive inter- relationship among the dimensions of organizational commitment. In addition, the age of the teacher was the only statistically significant predictor of teacher organizational commitment.  As implication from this study, the researcher recommends the policy makers for taking initiatives to enhance the level of commitment of teachers.