Factors Affecting Organizational Commitment of the Group Ten Teachers in Buengkok-Nongkula, Phitsanulok Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the level of organizational commitment among teachers; 2) study the factors influencing teachers' organizational commitment; 3) study the relationship between factors influencing teachers' organizational commitment; 4) study the predictive variables and create the prediction equation of teachers' organizational commitment..

According to the Krejcie and Morgan tables, 118 administrators and teachers were selected through stratified random sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires on Factors Affecting Organizational Commitment of the Group Ten Teachers in Buengkok–Nongkula, under the Phitsanulok Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The data were analyzed using the mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient, and normal multiple regression analysis.

The results showed that 1) the overall level of organizational commitment among teachers was generally high. 2) The factors influencing teachers' organizational commitment were also at a high level. The correlation coefficient between the variables affecting organizational commitment is between 0.214 and 0.583. The study found that the organizational commitment of teachers in Group 10, Bueng Kok-Nong Kula, under the Phitsanulok Primary Educational Service Area Office, District 1, was significant at the .05 level. The school's organizational climate (X1) and teachers' work motivation (X3) were identified as the two key factors influencing teachers' organizational engagement. It has a multiple correlation coefficient (R) of 0.622, a predictive power (R²) of 38.7 percent, and a standard error of 0.292. The prediction equation can be written in the form of raw scores and standard scores, respectively, as follows: