The effect of experience and organizational factors on teachers ‘professional commitment: the Mediating Role of Teacher Efficacy and organizational Identity

Subject Areas : Education

m. حسنی ¹ (دانشیار گروه مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه ارومیه)
h. مصطفی‌نژاد ² (کارشناس ارشد مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه ارومیه)
ch. مصطفی‌نژاد ³ (کارشناس ارشد مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه ارومیه)
m. sh ⁴ (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت آموزشی دانشگاه ارومیه)

Received: 2015-07-15 Accepted : 2015-07-15 Published : 2015-05-22

Keywords: Organizational Identity, Organizational Politics, Reflective Dialogue, Professional Commitment, teacher efficacy,

Abstract :

The present research has been conducted with the aim of study the effect of experience and organizational factors on teachers ‘professional commitment for examining the mediating role of teacher efficacy and organizational identity. The research method was descriptive-survey. The population consisted of all elementary teachers of Piranshahr city in 2012-2013 academic year (585persons) and a sample of 233 persons was selected by stratified random sampling method. The tools for gathering the data were five standard questionnaires that their validity and reliability were examined and then verified. The structural equation modeling was used for analyzing the data. The results showed that organizational politics and reflective dialogue was a significant relationship with teacher efficacy but the relationship between politics and identity not confirmed. Also was a significant relationship between teacher efficacy and identity. Finally, the mediating role of efficacy with the relationship between reflective dialogue and professional commitment, and relationship between organizational politics and professional commitment was confirmed. The mediating role of organizational identity with the relationship between reflective dialogue and professional commitment was significant but the relationship between organizational politics and professional commitment was not confirmed.

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