Relationship of school climate dimensions and teachers’ commitment

Othman, Cammellia; Kasuma, Jati

International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

EISSN: 2313-3724

Print ISSN: 2313-626X

Volume 4, Issue 3 (March 2017), Pages: 94-100

Title: Relationship of school climate dimensions and teachers’ commitment

Author(s): Cammellia Othman ¹, Jati Kasuma ^2, *

Affiliation(s):

¹Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
²Faculty of Business Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.03.015

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Abstract:

This study aims to investigate the relationships between school climate and teachers’ commitment with the assumption and predictability of key dimensions of school climate in relation to Collegial Leadership, Teacher Professionalism, Academic Press and Institutional Vulnerability towards teacher commitment. The population of this study consisted of teachers from 5 National Primary Schools in the Sri Aman district with 131 respondents has been selected as a sample. Result revealed that the level of school climate and teachers’ commitment of the selected 5 primary schools is in moderate level. The school climate dimensions were positively correlated with the teachers’ commitment and finally Achievement Press made a significant contribution to teachers’ commitment. Future research and recommendation also discussed at the end of the paper.

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

Keywords: School climate, Teachers commitment

Article History: Received 6 November 2016, Received in revised form 19 January 2017, Accepted 19 January 2017

Digital Object Identifier:

https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.03.015

Citation:

Othman C, and Kasuma J (2017). Relationship of school climate dimensions and teachers’ commitment. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(3): 94-100

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