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 Volume 12, Issue 2 (February 2025), Pages: 62-71

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 Original Research Paper

The role of organizational commitment in improving teachers' job satisfaction in public high schools in Indonesia

 Author(s): 

 Mardia Hi Rahman 1, *, Rivai Bolotio 2, Darmawan Napitupulu 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Khairun, Ternate City, Indonesia
 2Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, Institut Agama Islam Negeri, Manado, Indonesia
 3National Research and Innovation Agency, Research Center for Domestic Government, Jakarta, Indonesia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3835-7418

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.02.007

 Abstract

This study examines the impact of transformational leadership and organizational culture on teacher job satisfaction, with organizational commitment as a mediating factor. The research employs a quantitative survey method, involving 126 teachers from three public high schools on Bacan Island, South Halmahera Regency, Indonesia, namely SMAN 1, SMAN 7, and SMAN 8. The findings reveal that both transformational leadership and organizational culture have a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction. Additionally, organizational commitment mediates the relationship between transformational leadership, organizational culture, and job satisfaction. Among the factors studied, organizational commitment has the strongest influence on teacher job satisfaction. These results highlight the critical role of organizational commitment in improving job satisfaction among teachers in public high schools. The practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Transformational leadership, Organizational culture, Job satisfaction, Organizational commitment, Public high schools

 Article history

 Received 17 August 2024, Received in revised form 8 January 2025, Accepted 20 January 2025

 Acknowledgment

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

This study adhered to ethical research guidelines. All participants provided informed consent, and their responses were anonymized to ensure confidentiality. No personal or sensitive data was collected.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Rahman MH, Bolotio R, and Napitupulu D (2025). The role of organizational commitment in improving teachers' job satisfaction in public high schools in Indonesia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(2): 62-71

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