Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, San Antonio Off-Campus Teacher’s Commitment to Organization

Angelo R. Santos^1*
¹ College of Management and Business Technology, Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology San Isidro Campus, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Abstract

Commitment to an organization is critical since high commitment rates contribute to several desirable organizational outcomes. It is important to promote organizational commitment among college teachers as they are committed to staying longer and performing better. The study described the personal commitment, service commitment, and career commitment of teachers of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, San Antonio-Off Campus towards organizational commitment. This study used the descriptive method. The researcher distributed a survey questionnaire with likert-scale responses to a total of 27 teachers composed of 19 females and eight males who were employed with a service length of not more than two years. Based on the findings of this research, it is then concluded, firstly, the commitment towards the organization of the teachers can be shown into three different aspects personal, service, and career. Secondly, personal commitment towards the organization is the most shown commitment of the teachers to understand their contributions to the organization’s goals and their organizations inspire them to give their beat at work. Thirdly, in terms of service commitment towards the organization, the teachers strongly agreed that their organization understands the needs of their customers for change. Thus, they offer excellent customer service. Lastly, though it resulted last in commitment, career commitment towards organization proved that teachers agreed that their career goals are essential to their organizations. The researcher recommends that commitment towards organization must be considered of every person involved within it. Thus, not only for employees, a commitment must be seen. Personal commitment is always an important aspect of how an employee will stay in an organization. However, the researcher recommends that an organization find other aspects of commitment towards the organization aside from personal, service and career.

Keywords: Commitment to organization, personal commitment, service commitment, organizational outcomes.

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