Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Employment status
Academic rank
Length of service
CATEGORY
Female
Male
Total
Fulltime permanent
Fulltime probationary
Part-time
Total
Lecturer
Professional lecturer
Instructor
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Total
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Total
Did not indicate
N
146
103
249
130
31
88
247
23
39
27
90
13
19
211
38
93
49
37
24
16
3
3
225
22
%
58.6
41.4
100.0
52.2
12.4
35.3
100.0
10.9
18.5
12.8
42.7
6.2
9.0
100.0
41.3
21.8
16.4
10.7
7.1
1.3
1.3
100.0
Designation
Faculty
Department/Level chair
Dean
Others
Total
Did not indicate
213
20
4
2
239
10
89.1
8.4
1.7
0.8
100.0
College
CAS
CBA
EDUC
ENG'G
NURSING
Total
Did not indicate
108
62
5
30
42
247
2
43.7
25.1
2.0
12.1
17.0
100.0
Although the study initially intended to conduct a total enumeration in view of it being a
pioneering study, some constraints were encountered which led to a retrieval rate of less than
50% in spite of repeated follow ups using the required protocol for surveys. This was, however,
still beyond the required sample size of 224 using Slovins formula at 5% margin of error.
Male
41%
59%
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The findings of the study indicated that 146 (59%) of the research participants were
female. More than half (52%) of these faculty members were on fulltime permanent status, 35%
were part-timers while 13% or 31 of them were on fulltime probationary status.
Fulltime
permanent
52%
Fulltime
probationary
13%
9%
11%
Lecturer
18%
Professional lecturer
Instructor
43%
13%
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
With the exception of 22 research participants who were not able to indicate their
responses, the length of service of these research participants was estimated to range from a low
of 0-5 years to a high of more than 31 years. As can be observed from Figure 6, more than half
(41% for 0-5 years and 22% for 6-10 years) of the faculty members had only been with the
institution for a maximum of ten years indicating a relatively young faculty corps with only a
small percentage (3%) of these faculty members serving the institution for more than 25 years.
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0 to 5 years
7%
41%
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
17%
16 to 20 years
22%
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Discounting the 10 research participants who did not indicate their designation, it can be
seen from Table 4 that approximately 10% of the research participants held positions such as
Department/Level Chairs (8.4%), Deans (1.7%) and other designations (0.8%). Faculty
members from the five colleges of the institution participated in the study with 43.7% of them
coming from the College of Arts and Sciences which served the general education needs of the
other colleges, followed by the College of Business and Accountancy (25.1%) which was the
biggest college in terms of student population, the College of Nursing composing 17.0% of the
research participants, the College of Engineering comprising 12.1% of the respondents and the
College of Education (2.0%) which had the fewest number of students and faculty members.
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DESIGNATION
COUNT
PERCENT
213
20
4
2
239
10
89.1
8.4
1.7
0.8
100
COUNT
PERCENT
108
62
5
30
42
247
2
43.7
25.1
2
12.1
17
100
Faculty
Department/Level chair
Dean
Others
Total
Did not indicate
COLLEGIAL AFFILIATION
CAS
CBA
EDUC
ENG'G
NURSING
Total
Did not indicate
In classifying and interpreting the results of the study, the following scale of
interpretation was used inasmuch as the responses were considered as integers instead of
continuous numbers:
Table 5. Scale of Interpretation of the Mean Rating
STRONGLY DISAGREE
DISAGREE
WEAKLY DISAGREE
NEUTRAL
WEAKLY AGREE
AGREE
STRONGLY AGREE
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PREDICTORS
Economic
Job Satisfaction
Participation in Meetings
Intent to Stay
Perceived Influence on Institutional
Policies
Perceived Governance
Working Conditions
Job Embeddedness
Professional Development
Professional Commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional Reputation
MEAN SCORE
SD
INTERPRETATION
5.74
5.24
5.73
5.32
0.983
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
4.97
1.16
Weakly Agree
5.40
5.71
5.67
4.95
6.3
6.24
5.62
5.90
1.09
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
0.884
0.85
1.36
0.82
1.02
1.09
0.81
Of these predictors, the lowest mean rating was in the area of professional development
with a mean rating of 4.95 while the highest mean rating was registered in the area of
professional commitment with a mean score of 6.30. Additionally, the research participants
indicated that they weakly agreed with 5 of the 13 predictors of organizational commitment,
namely: 1) job satisfaction (5.24), 2) intent to stay (5.32), 3) perceived influence on institutional
policies (4.97), 4) perceived governance (5.40) and professional development (4.95). On the
other hand, they signified that they agreed with the remaining predictors of organizational
commitment, which includes: 1) economic factors (5.74), 2) participation in meetings (5.73), 3)
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PREDICTORS
SEX
Male
5.88
Agree
Female
5.54
Agree
Male
5.39
Weakly Agree
Female
5.14
Weakly Agree
Male
5.81
Agree
Female
5.62
Agree
Male
5.33
Weakly Agree
Female
5.31
Weakly Agree
Male
5.14
Weakly Agree
Female
4.72
Weakly Agree
Male
5.55
Agree
Female
5.18
Weakly Agree
Male
5.92
Agree
Female
5.56
Agree
Male
5.81
Agree
Female
5.47
Weakly Agree
Professional
development
Male
5.19
Weakly Agree
Female
4.62
Weakly Agree
Professional
commitment
Male
6.38
Agree
Female
6.20
Agree
Male
6.25
Agree
Female
6.23
Agree
Male
6.02
Agree
Female
5.39
Weakly Agree
Male
6.02
Agree
Female
5.70
Agree
Economic
Job Satisfaction
Participation in
meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived influence on
institutional policies
Perceived governance
Working conditions
Job embeddedness
Credentials
Induction
Institutional reputation
0.01
Highly significant
0.014
Significant
0.112
Not significant
0.923
Not significant
0.005
Highly significant
0.01
Highly significant
0.002
Highly significant
0.003
Highly significant
0.001
Highly significant
0.1
Not significant
0.852
Not significant
0.008
Highly significant
0.004
Highly significant
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It can be further be gleaned from Table 5 that when the mean ratings were grouped
according to this attribute, the differences were highly significant in 8 areas, namely: 1)
economic factors (at p=0.01), 2) perceived influence on institutional policies (at p=0.005), 3)
perceived governance (at p=0.01), 4) working conditions (at p=0.002), 5) job embeddedness (at
p=0.003), 6) professional development (at p=0.001), 7) induction (at p=0.008) and 8)
institutional reputation (at p=0.004). There was a significant difference in the mean rating in the
area of job satisfaction (at p=0.014) while no significant difference in the ratings of this group
could be established in the areas of: (1) participation in meetings, (2) intent to stay, (3)
professional commitment and (4) credentials.
The result of this study corroborated the findings of the study conducted by Marsden,
Kalleberg & Cook (1993). The Work Organizations Module of the General Social Survey
revealed a small but significant tendency for employed men to display higher organizational
commitment than employed women do. They found that the primary explanation for the gender
difference was that men are more likely than women to hold jobs with commitment-enhancing
features.
On the other hand, in a study conducted by Bogler (2004) and Somech (2004), gender
showed no significant difference (p>0.05) between teacher empowerment and organizational
commitment. While in some studies, the relationship of gender and organizational commitment
showed different results (Arbor & Kesken, 2005; Aven, Parker and McEnvoy, 1993; Simsek,
2002 in Aydin, Sarier and Uysal, 2011). Hence, there was no conclusive evidence that a specific
gender influences organizational commitment.
According to Employment Status. Table 6 shows that insofar as employment status was
concerned, the fulltime probationary faculty members had the highest mean ratings in 8 of the 13
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Economic
Job satisfaction
Participation in
meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived influence
on institutional
policies
Perceived governance
EMPLOYMENT
STATUS
Full-time permanent
5.64
Agree
Full-time probationary
5.99
Agree
Part-time
5.81
Agree
Full-time permanent
5.07
Weakly Agree
Full-time probationary
5.54
Agree
Part-time
5.52
Agree
Full-time permanent
5.7
Agree
Full-time probationary
6.18
Agree
Part-time
5.62
Agree
Full-time permanent
5.32
Weakly Agree
Full-time probationary
5.19
Weakly Agree
Part-time
5.39
Weakly Agree
Full-time permanent
4.74
Weakly Agree
Full-time probationary
5.41
Weakly Agree
Part-time
5.15
Weakly Agree
Full-time permanent
5.22
Weakly Agree
Full-time probationary
5.71
Agree
0.146
Not significant
0.001
Highly
significant
0.008
Highly
significant
0.771
Not significant
0.004
Highly
significant
0.025
Significant
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Working conditions
Job embeddedness
Professional
development
Professional
commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional
Reputation
Part-time
5.54
Agree
Full-time permanent
5.65
Agree
Full-time probationary
5.93
Agree
Part-time
5.9
Agree
Full-time permanent
5.52
Agree
Full-time probationary
5.98
Agree
Part-time
5.79
Agree
Full-time permanent
5.21
Weakly Agree
Full-time probationary
5.00
Weakly Agree
Part-time
4.54
Weakly Agree
Full-time permanent
6.28
Agree
Full-time probationary
6.30
Agree
Part-time
6.34
Agree
Full-time permanent
6.27
Agree
Full-time probationary
6.32
Agree
Part-time
6.19
Agree
Full-time permanent
5.54
Agree
Full-time probationary
5.79
Agree
Part-time
5.68
Agree
Full-time permanent
5.76
Agree
Full-time probationary
6.02
Agree
Part-time
6.03
Agree
0.063
Not significant
0.007
Highly
significant
0.001
Highly
significant
0.847
Not significant
0.787
Not significant
0.473
Not significant
0.034
Significant
The five principal predictors for the fulltime permanent faculty included: 1) professional
commitment (6.28), 2) credentials (6.27), 3) institutional reputation (5.76), 4) participation in
meetings (5.70) and 5) working conditions (5.65). Four of these five predictors could also be
found in the priority list of the fulltime probationary faculty, although there was a slight
difference in the ranking. For this group of research participants, the relevant predictors
included: 1) credentials (6.32), 2) professional commitment (6.30), 3) participation in meetings
(6.18), 4) institutional reputation (6.02) and (5) economic factors (5.99). The top three
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responses of the part-timers mirrored the choices made by the fulltime permanent faculty, with
the remaining predictors being shared responses by both the fulltime permanent and probationary
faculty members, respectively. The part-time faculty members considered the following
predictors as important: 1) professional commitment (6.34), 2) credentials (6.19), 3) institutional
reputation (6.03), 4) working conditions (5.90) and economic factors (5.81).
An analysis of the differences in the mean ratings in this group shows that the differences
were highly significant in 5 areas, namely: 1) job satisfaction (at p=0.001), 2) participation in
meetings (at p=0.008), 3) perceived influence on institutional policies (at p=0.004), 4) job
embeddedness (at p=0.007) and 5) professional development (at p=0.001). The mean ratings
were significantly different in the areas of perceived governance and institutional reputation but
considered to be insignificant in the aspects of: 1) economic factors, 2) intent to stay, 3) working
conditions, 4) professional commitment, 5) credentials and 6) induction.
While this study shows highly significant differences in five areas, a related study on
perceived organizational support and work status, (Gakovic & Tetrick, 2003) reported that there
were no significant differences between the 2 groups (parttime and fulltime) in terms of social
exchange relationships, the levels of their organizations relational and transactional obligations
to them and the level of continuance commitment, findings contrary to the result of this one.
Furthermore, decision making, self-efficiency and status were more significant predictors of
organizational citizenship behavior, which partly corroborates the result of this study.
According to Academic Rank. When the research participants were grouped according
to their academic rank, the group of Lecturers and Full Professors topped the mean ratings in 5
areas each as shown in Table 9. The mean scores for the predictors based on this attribute
ranged from 4.36 (neutral for perceived influence on institutional policies) to 6.66 (strongly
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agree for professional commitment). The highest mean scores in the areas of 1) economic
factors, 2) job satisfaction, 3) perceived influence on institutional policies, 4) perceived
governance and 5) working conditions came from the group of Instructors. Whereas the top
ratings in the aspects of: 1) participation in meetings, 2) professional development, 3)
professional commitment, 4) credentials, and 5) induction were given by the group of Full
Professors.
Economic
Job
satisfaction
Participation in
meetings
Intent to stay
ACADEMIC RANK
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
5.62
5.9
Agree
Agree
5.74
Agree
6.16
5.59
5.78
5.89
5.3
5.48
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
5.49
Weakly Agree
5.56
5.11
5.17
5.15
5.87
5.81
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
5.39
Weakly Agree
5.91
5.69
5.75
5.96
5.24
5.65
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
P-VALUE
SIGNIFICANCE
0.193
Not significant
0.042
Significant
0.159
Not significant
0.044
Significant
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Professional
lecturer
Instructor
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
Perceived
lecturer
influence on
Instructor
institutional
policies
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
lecturer
Perceived
Instructor
governance
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
lecturer
Working
Instructor
conditions
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
lecturer
Job
embeddedness Instructor
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
Professional
development
lecturer
Instructor
5.29
Weakly Agree
4.56
5.43
5.73
5.5
5.01
5.22
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
5.22
Weakly Agree
5.33
4.79
4.36
4.82
5.22
5.54
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Neutral
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
5.53
Agree
5.84
5.31
4.97
5.33
5.77
5.87
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
5.78
Agree
6.23
5.66
5.71
5.55
5.69
6
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
5.72
Agree
5.87
5.57
5.07
5.74
4.64
4.54
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
4.8
Weakly Agree
4.82
Weakly Agree
0.071
Not significant
0.167
Not significant
0.109
Not significant
0.044
Significant
0.046
Significant
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Professional
commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional
reputation
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
lecturer
Instructor
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
lecturer
Instructor
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
lecturer
Instructor
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional
lecturer
Instructor
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
5.08
5.22
5.75
6.13
6.37
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
6.31
Agree
6.04
6.36
6.31
6.66
6.06
6.16
Agree
Agree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Agree
Agree
5.91
Agree
6.33
6.46
6.17
6.35
5.29
5.79
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
5.77
Agree
5.95
5.54
5.14
5.96
6
6.06
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
5.9
Agree
6.05
5.73
5.7
6.05
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
0.199
Not significant
0.123
Not significant
0.076
Not significant
0.249
Not significant
The group of Lecturers indicated their principal predictors to include the following: 1)
professional commitment (6.37), 2) credentials (6.16), 3) institutional reputation (6.06), 4) job
embeddedness (6.00), and 5) economic factors (5.90). The Professional Lecturers reiterated the
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significance of these predictors when they reflected four of these in their list, namely: 1)
professional commitment (6.31), 2) credentials (5.91), 3) institutional reputation (5.90), 4)
working conditions (5.78) and 5) job embeddedness (5.72). Instructors, on the other hand, found
the following predictors to be important: 1) credentials (6.33), 2) working conditions (6.23), 3)
economic factors (6.16), 4) institutional reputation (6.05) and professional commitment (6.04).
The Assistant Professors also shared four of the responses of the Instructors. To them, the
relevant predictors comprised of: 1) credentials (6.46), 2) professional commitment (6.36), 3)
institutional reputation (5.73), 4) participation in meetings (5.69) and 5) working conditions
(5.66). Associate Professors found (1) professional commitment (6.31) at the top of their list as
did the Lecturers and Professional Lecturers. This was followed closely by: 2) credentials
(6.17), 3) economic factors (5.78), 4) participation in meetings (5.75) and 5) intent to stay (5.73)
which was the only time that this predictor figured in the list based on this attribute. Just like the
Associate Professors, Full Professors also found (1) professional commitment (6.66) as their
principal predictor. Additionally, their list also contained: 2) credentials (6.35), 3) institutional
reputation (6.05), 4) induction (5.96) which also came out only for the first time in this listing
and 5) economic factors (5.89). Apparently, professional commitment and credentials always
figured in the top 5 predictors in this group.
Kiyak and others (1997) mentioned that those who occupy higher status positions, which
providedmore opportunities for involvement in decision making, report higher job satisfaction
and greater commitment. Rank has previously been found to be significantly related to
organizational commitment. Associate professors exhibited the lowest organizational
commitment while assistant and full professors exhibited equal and higher levels of commitment
(Harschbarger, 1989 and Finaly-Neumann, 1990). While the results of these researches cited
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that rank and organizational commitment were directly related, another research on predictors of
organizational commitment contented that more educated employees showed lower levels of
commitment, most likely because they have higher expectations or greater job opportunities,
which somehow appears to be contrary to the findings of the study. (Gran et al, 1991; Kacmar,
Carlson & Brymen, 1999; Kiyak et al, 1997; Price and Mueller, 1981 in Simmons, 2005)
Table 9 also reveals that based on this grouping, the differences in the mean scores were
significant in 4 of the 13 predictors and were not significant for the rest of these predictors. The
four predictors were: 1) job satisfaction (at p=0.042), 2) intent to stay (at p=0.044), 3) job
embeddedness (at p=0.044) and professional development (at p=0.046).
According to Length of Service. In terms of length of service, the mean scores ranged
from a low of 4.05 (neutral for perceived influence on institutional policies) to a high of 6.69
(strongly agree for professional commitment). Faculty members who served the institution for
more than 30 years topped the mean scores in 9 of the 13 predictors, namely: 1) economic
factors, 2) participation in meetings, 3) perceived influence on institutional policies, 4) perceived
governance, 5) working conditions, 6) job embeddedness, 7) professional development, 8)
induction and 9) institutional reputation. The mean score for job satisfaction was topped by the
faculty members who served the institution for five years or less, the highest mean score for
intent to stay went to those who served the institution for 26-30 years, those who served the
institution for 21-25 years figured highest in the area of professional commitment and credentials
was highly rated by those served the institution for 11-15 years.
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Economic
Job
satisfaction
Participation in
meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived
influence on
institutional
policies
LENGTH OF
SERVICE
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
5.8
5.89
5.73
5.46
5.52
5.69
5.21
6.34
5.6
5.48
5.13
5.12
4.89
5.2
5.21
5.33
5.93
5.75
5.72
5.72
5.45
5.73
5.33
6.48
5.64
5.08
5.06
5.71
5.72
5.32
6.22
5.68
5.06
5.18
4.91
4.66
4.55
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
P-VALUE
SIGNIFICANCE
0.243
Not significant
0.007
Highly significant
0.43
Not significant
0.065
Not significant
0.05
Significant
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21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
Perceived
governance
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
Working
conditions
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
Job
embeddedness 16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
Professional
development 16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
Professional
commitment 11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
5.07
4.05
5.83
5.06
5.68
5.33
5.24
5.15
5.18
4.33
5.96
5.95
5.95
5.67
5.5
5.67
5.53
5.41
6.13
5.83
5.84
5.57
5.39
5.49
5.73
4.87
6.17
4.76
4.66
5.03
4.99
5.22
5.86
4.67
5.91
6.31
6.25
6.14
6.31
6.54
6.69
Weakly Agree
Neutral
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Neutral
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Strongly Agree
0.031
Significant
0.096
Not significant
0.042
Significant
0.027
Significant
0.294
Not significant
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Credentials
Induction
Institutional
reputation
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and over
6
6.5
6.13
6.21
6.03
6.59
6.26
6.48
6.06
6.17
5.61
5.72
5.54
5.42
5.54
5.7
5.5
6.67
6.09
6.02
5.87
5.7
5.67
5.84
4.64
6.07
Agree
Strongly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly agree
Agree
0.356
Not significant
0.665
Not significant
0.027
Significant
For faculty members who served the institution for 0-5 years, their principal predictors
included: 1) professional commitment (6.25), 2) credentials (6.21), 3) institutional reputation
(6.02), 4) working conditions (5.95) and economic factors (5.89). Those who spent 6-10 years
with the University reflected the top three choices of the earlier group, namely: 1) professional
commitment (6.14), 2) credentials (6.03), 3) institutional reputation (5.87) followed by 4)
economic factors (5.73) and 5) participation in meetings (5.72). At 11-15 years of service, the
relevant predictors composed of: 1) credentials (6.59), 2) professional commitment (6.31), 3)
participation in meetings (5.72), 4) intent to stay (5.71) and institutional reputation (5.70). For
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those who have served the institution for 16-20 years, their top 2 choices were similar to those
who have been with the University for 10 years or less, namely: 1) professional commitment
(6.54), 2) credentials (6.26) followed by 3) intent to stay (5.72), 4) institutional reputation (5.67)
and induction (5.54). At 21-25 years, faculty members also saw 1) professional commitment
(6.69) and 2) credentials (6.48) were highly relevant in addition to 3) professional development
(5.86) which was the only time it figured in the list for this group, 4) institutional reputation
(5.84) and participation in meetings (5.73). At 26-30 years, 1) intent to stay (6.22) became the
primary consideration, which was kind of different compared to the previous responses, followed
by 2) credentials (6.06), 3) professional commitment (6.00), 4) induction (5.50) and 5)
participation in meetings (5.33). For the few who have been with the institution for more than 30
years, 1) induction (6.67), which was also a relatively different topmost choice, was of utmost
consideration in addition to 2) professional commitment (6.50), 3) participation in meetings
(6.48), 4) economic factors (6.34) and job embeddedness (6.17). Consistently reflected in the top
five choices for this group were professional commitment and credentials.
Accordingly, older employees and employees with longer organizational tenure, tended
to be more committed than younger individuals or those with a shorter organizational tenure.
(Gran et. Al, 1991; Kacmar, Carson & Bryman, 19991; Kiyak et. Al, 1997; Price and Mueller,
1981 in Simmons, 2005). Senior faculty members were more committed than either early career
or mid-career stage faculty (Fjortoft, 1993). Fjortofs (1993) finding was affirmed by Salami
(2008) by retorting that older workers were more committed to the organization than the younger
workers. Also married workers and workers with higher educational goals were more committed
to the organization. Workers who had higher job tenure had more commitment than newlyemployed workers. These findings were partly corroborated by the results of the study.
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Table 10 shows further that an analysis of the differences in the means scores in this
group indicated that it was highly significant in terms of job satisfaction (at p=0.007), significant
in terms of 1) perceived influence on institutional policies (at p=0.050), 2) perceived governance
(at p=0.031), 3) job embeddedness (at p=0.042), 4) professional development (at p=0.027) and
institutional reputation (at p=0.027) while insignificant for the seven of the predictors, namely:
1) economic factors, 2) participation in meetings, 3) intent to stay, 4) working conditions, 5)
professional commitment, 6) credentials and 7) induction.
In a research on collegiality in education (Sing and Manser, 2002), the respondents
stressed that participation of teachers in the decision-making process created a sense of
ownership that in turn enhanced the prospects of successful implementation of policies.
Members of the organization who wished to be active players in the organization have an impact
on what is going on with it. They felt that they have status within it and are ready to contribute
beyond what is expected of them. (Yosef, 2000 in Bogler and Somech, 2004). In this case,
when leaders are perceived as participative, employees feel more committed to the organization,
express higher levels of job satisfaction and their performance is high. (Bogler and Somech,
2004). Researches shows that greater participation in decision making is strongly associated
with higher levels of job satisfaction and organizational commitment (Laschiger, et al, 2000) as
has been highlighted in the findings of this study.
the Department/Level Chairs. The mean scores ranged from a low of 4.63 (weakly agree for
intent to stay) and a high of 6.75 (strongly agree for professional commitment).
Job
satisfaction
DESIGNATION
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
Faculty
Department/Level
chair
5.74
Agree
5.73
Agree
Dean
6.15
Agree
Faculty
5.29
Weakly Agree
5.19
Weakly Agree
5.46
Weakly Agree
5.68
Agree
Agree
Dean
6.35
Agree
Faculty
5.31
Weakly Agree
Department/Level
chair
5.84
Agree
Dean
4.63
Weakly Agree
Faculty
4.92
Weakly Agree
Department/Level
chair
5.19
Weakly Agree
Dean
5.43
Weakly Agree
Faculty
5.38
Weakly Agree
Department/Level
chair
5.32
Weakly Agree
Dean
5.7
Weakly Agree
Faculty
5.78
Agree
Department/Level
chair
5.74
Agree
Dean
5.94
Agree
5.67
Agree
5.65
Agree
Department/Level
chair
Dean
Faculty
Participation in
meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived
influence on
institutional
policies
Perceived
governance
Working
conditions
Department/Level
chair
Faculty
Job
embeddedness Department/Level
chair
P-VALUE
SIGNIFICANCE
0.709
Not significant
0.778
Not significant
0.107
Not significant
0.113
Not significant
0.447
Not significant
0.818
Not significant
0.915
Not significant
0.961
Not significant
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Professional
development
Professional
commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional
reputation
Dean
5.78
Agree
Faculty
Department/Level
chair
4.89
Weakly Agree
5.1
Weakly Agree
Dean
4.98
Weakly Agree
Faculty
6.26
Agree
Department/Level
chair
6.38
Agree
Dean
6.75
Strongly Agree
Faculty
6.21
Agree
Department/Level
chair
6.43
Agree
Dean
6.33
Strongly Agree
Faculty
5.57
Agree
Department/Level
chair
5.86
Agree
Dean
6.19
Agree
Faculty
5.87
Agree
5.8
Agree
6.33
Agree
Department/Level
chair
Dean
0.809
Not significant
0.429
Not significant
0.669
Not significant
0.318
Not significant
0.496
Not significant
For the faculty members, the principal predictors included: 1) professional commitment
(6.26), 2) institutional reputation (5.87), 3) working conditions (5.78), which figured only once
in the list of this group, 4) economic factors and 5) participation in meetings (5.68). For the
Department/Level Chairs, the top predictor was 1) credentials (6.43) followed by 2) professional
commitment (6.38), 3) participation in meetings (6.00), 4) induction (5.86) and intent to stay
(5.84) which was the only time this predictor figured in this groups list. Similar to the faculty
members, the Deans also valued 1) professional commitment (6.75) as a primary predictor with
participation in meetings (6.35), credentials (6.33), induction (6.19), and economic factors (6.15)
in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place, respectively. This group also had relatively higher ratings at above
6.00 for their top five predictors. Participation in meetings and professional commitment always
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figured in the top five choices in this group. A further look at Table 11 also confirms that none
of these mean scores were significantly different to each other in this group for all 13 predictors.
Economic
Job satisfaction
Participation in
meetings
COLLEGE
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
5.71
5.84
6.17
5.46
5.82
5.27
5.58
5.66
4.72
5.26
5.74
5.86
5.74
5.27
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
P-VALUE
SIGNIFICANCE
0.362
Not significant
0.001
Highly significant
0.045
Significant
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Intent to stay
Perceived
influence in
institutional
policies
Perceived
governance
Working
conditions
Job
embeddedness
Professional
development
Professional
commitment
Credentials
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
5.82
5.59
5.56
5.67
5.17
4.25
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Neutral
CAS
4.99
Weakly Agree
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
5.2
5.65
4.27
4.97
5.48
5.44
6.28
4.63
5.55
5.63
5.94
6.04
5.39
6.13
5.71
5.77
5.73
5.25
5.71
4.98
4.8
5.62
4.61
5.22
6.29
6.31
6.3
6.28
6.32
6.3
6.13
6.6
6.25
Weakly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Agree
0.001
Highly significant
0.005
Highly significant
0.001
Highly significant
0.001
Highly significant
0.085
Not significant
0.252
Not significant
0.999
Not significant
0.788
Not significant
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Induction
Institutional
reputation
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Education
Engineering
Nursing
6.21
5.61
5.79
5.44
5.31
5.62
5.84
5.97
5.77
5.51
6.14
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
0.465
Not significant
0.019
Significant
For the faculty members and administrators of the College of Arts and Sciences, the
principal predictors included: 1) credentials (6.30), 2) professional commitment (6.29), 3)
institutional reputation (5.84), 4) participation in meetings (5.74) and 5) economic factors
(5.71). For the mentors and officers of the College of Business and Accountancy four of these
five predictors were also reflected in their preferences with professional commitment (6.31) as
the topmost predictor followed by 2) credentials (6.13), 3) institutional reputation (5.97), 4)
working conditions (5.94) and 5) economic factors (5.84). In the College of Education, the
relevant predictors were composed of: 1) credentials (6.60), 2) professional commitment, 3)
perceived governance (6.28) which was the only time that this predictor figured in this group, 4)
economic factors (6.17) and 5) institutional reputation. This college affirmed four of these
predictors that were common to the two other colleges so far. For the College of Engineering, 1)
professional commitment (6.28) was still a top choice together with 2) credentials (6.25), 3)
institutional reputation (5.51), 4) economic factors (5.46) and working conditions (5.39). The
top five choices for this college were exactly what were previously mentioned by the College of
Business and Accountancy except for a slight difference in ranking in their 4 th and 5th choices.
The faculty members and administrators of the College of Nursing also saw 1) professional
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Table 13. Summary of the Mean Scores of the Different Types of Organizational
Commitment
INDEX
1
2
3
4
5
TYPE OF COMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
Collegial
Institutional
MEAN SCORE
5.27
4.48
4.75
5.63
6.04
SD
INTERPRETATION
Weakly Agree
Neutral
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
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opposite to the results of this study. In the case of the present study continuance commitment
generated the lowest mean rating compared to the other types of commitment.
According to Sexual Orientation. It can be gleaned from Table 14 that based on the
responses of the male and female faculty members, the mean scores for the different types of
commitment ranged from a low of 4.39 (neutral for continuance commitment) to a high of 6.19
(agree for institutional commitment). It can also be observed that at all levels of commitment,
the male faculty members had relatively higher mean scores, although both male and female
faculty members shared the same rankings in their top three types of commitment, namely: 1)
institutional commitment (6.19 for male and 5.93 for female), 2) collegial commitment (5.78 for
male and 5.52 for female) and 3) affective commitment (5.43 for male and 5.15 for female).
Additionally, the differences in their mean scores were highly significant for institutional
commitment (at p=0.005) and collegial commitment (at p=0.010), significant in terms of affective
commitment (at p=0.017) and insignificant differences in their mean scores for continuance
commitment and normative commitment.
Table 14. Mean Scores of the Different Types of Organizational Commitment according
to Sexual Orientation
TYPE OF
COMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
Collegial
SEX
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
Male
5.43
Weakly Agree
Female
5.15
Weakly Agree
Male
4.61
Weakly Agree
Female
4.39
Neutral
Male
4.85
Weakly Agree
Female
4.68
Weakly Agree
Male
5.78
Agree
P-VALUE
SIGNIFICANCE
0.017
Significant
0.092
Not significant
0.115
Not significant
0.01
Highly
significant
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Institutional
Female
5.52
Agree
Male
6.19
Agree
Female
5.93
Agree
Highly
significant
0.005
Relatedly, it was revealed in another survey that there was no significant difference
between the job satisfaction and the levels of organizational and occupational commitment of the
academics based on the gender variable (Munevver, 2006), which was not entirely supported by
the current findings of the study. While in this study the men had relatively higher mean scores,
another study however, negated these results saying that the females were more committed
compared to the males (Farooq, 2011) . Cramer, 1993; Harrison & Hubbard, 1998; Mowday,
1982 in Farooq, 2011) also supported that as compared to the men, the women were more
devoted and committed to their organization. Similarly Ioscocco (1989) did a research in
manufacturing industry and recommended that the female employees were more committed as
compared to their male counterparts.
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Table 15. Mean Scores of the Different Types of Organizational Commitment According
to Employment Status
TYPE OF
COMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
Collegial
Institutional
EMPLOYMENT
STATUS
Full-time permanent
Full-time
probationary
Part-time
Full-time permanent
Full-time
probationary
Part-time
Full-time permanent
Full-time
probationary
Part-time
Full-time permanent
Full-time
probationary
Part-time
Full-time permanent
Full-time
probationary
Part-time
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
5.24
Weakly Agree
5.23
Weakly Agree
5.47
4.51
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
4.65
Weakly Agree
4.51
4.69
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
4.83
Weakly Agree
4.9
5.55
Weakly Agree
Agree
5.91
Agree
5.77
6
Agree
Agree
6.19
Agree
6.18
Agree
P-VALUE SIGNIFICANCE
0.149
Not significant
0.763
Not significant
0.151
Not significant
0.028
Significant
0.132
Not significant
In this group, the choices for the top three types of commitment were identical, namely:
1) institutional commitment (at 6.00 for FT permanent, 6.19 for FT probationary and 6.18 for
part-timers), 2) collegial commitment (at 5.55 for FT permanent, 5.91 for FT probationary and
5.77 for part-timers) and 3) affective commitment (at 5.24 for FT permanent, 5.23 for FT
probationary and 5.47 for part-timers). Their mean scores were significantly different only in
terms of collegial commitment (at p=0.028) and were insignificantly different for the remaining
types or levels of commitment.
According to Academic Rank. With regards to academic rank, the mean scores ranged
from a low of 4.29 (neutral for continuance commitment) and a high of 6.33 (agree for
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institutional commitment). The highest mean score ratings for affective commitment and
normative commitment were given by the Lecturers while the Instructors provided the highest
mean score in terms of continuance commitment. Full Professors, on the other hand, figured
highest in terms of the mean scores for collegial commitment and institutional commitment as
summarized in Table 16.
Table 16. Mean Scores of the Different Types of Organizational Commitment according
to Academic Rank
TYPE OF
COMMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
Collegial
ACADEMIC RANK
MEAN
5.26
5.56
5.55
5.09
5.24
5.25
5.38
4.57
4.55
4.53
4.59
4.54
4.4
4.29
4.84
4.92
4.8
4.58
4.74
4.82
4.9
5.55
5.93
5.77
5.72
5.56
5.5
0.318
Not significant
0.967
Not significant
0.777
Not significant
0.131
Not significant
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Institutional
Full professor
Did not indicate
Lecturer
Professional lecturer
Instructor
Assistant professor
Associate professor
Full professor
5.99
6.09
6.22
6.22
5.97
6
5.91
6.33
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
0.319
Not significant
The findings in this study negated the findings and explanations made on faculty
commitment in Saudi Arabian universities. Educational level which was tantamount to academic
rank, was found to be negatively associated with the organizational commitment (Iqbal, 2011).
Iqbals (2011) findings imply that the less educated the faculty is, the more likely he or she is
committed to the KSA universities than are the highly educated ones. He argued that education
is an investment which would encourage the individual to seek better return on investment by
searching for better jobs (Al-Kahtani, 2004 in Iqbal 2011).
Joiner and Bakalis (2006) further contended that highly educated employees were likely
to perceive fewer obstacles in finding alternative employment and were, therefore, less likely to
feel locked into the organization. However, the same study said that graduate study with the
employing university clearly enhanced the academics affective and continuance commitment
(Joiner and Bakalis, 2006). With respect to affective commitment, it was likely that the values of
these academics were more congruent with the values of the university, hence they stayed on.
It is noteworthy, however, that in the same group, the top three choices in terms of types
of commitment were still consistently given in the areas of: 1) institutional commitment (at 6.22
for Lecturers and Professional Lecturers, 5.97 for Instructors, 6.00 for Assistant Professors, 5.91
for Associate Professors and 6.33 for Full Professors), 2) collegial commitment (at 5.93 for
Lecturers, 5.77 for Professional Lecturers, 5.72 for Instructors, 5.56 for Assistant Professors,
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5.50 for Associate Professors and 5.99 for Full Professors) and 3) affective commitment (at 5.56
for Lecturers, 5.55 for Professional Lecturers, 5.09 for Instructors, 5.24 for Assistant Professors,
5.25 for Associate Professors and 5.38 for Full Professors). When the mean scores were further
analyzed for this group, it could be noticed from the same table that these scores were not
significantly different in all types of commitment.
Collegial commitment was high among lecturers, professional lecturers, instructors,
assistant professors, associate professors and full professors. As operationally defined, collegial
commitment referred to ones participation in the colleges various academic and non-academic
programs. Participation in these programs was strong when academic administrators supported
the work environment that enhanced the dimensions of affective commitment. Other findings
suggested that the turnover intention was more likely to occur if the faculty experience poor
working relationships with their academic unit head and co-workers, unclear work expectations
and disagreement on relevant norms. Alternately, if the faculty experience positive working
relationships, the urnover retention may be less likely to be experienced (Gormley & Kennerly,
2011).
According to Length of Service. To determine whether the length of service affects the
levels of commitment of the faculty members, a similar process was conducted and as seen in
Table 17, there was a slight variation in the ranking. The mean scores for the types of
commitment registered lowest at 4.33 (neutral for normative commitment) and highest at 6.44
(agree for institutional commitment). Three of these types of commitment generated their
highest mean score ratings from the group of faculty members who were with the institution for
31 years or more, namely: 1) affective commitment, 2) normative commitment and 3)
institutional commitment. Whereas the top mean score ratings for continuance commitment and
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collegial commitment could be traced to faculty members who have been with the institution for
26 to 30 years and 21 to 25 years, respectively.
Table 17. Mean Scores of the Different Types of Organizational Commitment according
to Length of Service
TYPE OF
COMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
Collegial
LENGTH OF
SERVICE
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and
over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and
over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and
over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
5.34
5.30
5.17
5.37
5.12
5.80
4.50
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
6.30
Agree
4.56
4.56
4.42
4.30
4.75
4.50
5.43
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Neutral
Neutral
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
4.80
Weakly Agree
4.81
4.79
4.75
4.77
4.64
4.99
4.33
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Neutral
5.06
Weakly Agree
5.64
5.80
5.47
5.70
5.37
6.02
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
PVALUE
SIGNIFICANCE
0.025
Significant
0.491
Not significant
0.839
Not significant
0.062
Not significant
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Institutional
26 to 30 years
31 years and
over
Did not indicate
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 25 years
26 to 30 years
31 years and
over
5.35
Weakly Agree
5.84
Agree
6.13
6.13
6.02
6.04
5.97
6.23
5.48
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
6.44
Agree
0.579
Not significant
Not
surprisingly, years in position, years in industry, and organizational tenure were all significantly
positively correlated. While most of the experience variables are positively correlated with the
affective and normative commitments, the correlations were not statistically significant (C.J.M.
2003).
Additionally, Munevver (2006) said that, faculty members whose working experience
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10 years, 16-20 years and 21 years and over. It could be said that the lower is the number of
years the faculty has in the university, the lower is his or her level of commitment. Other
findings said that, the individual was concerned with the need for security and whether his
expectations will be met or not during the first year and when the faculty reached the maturity
stage after the fifth year he or she had a high level of commitment (Buchanan 1974, in
Munevver, 2006). The type of commitment Buchanan (1974) referred to here was related to the
findings on affective and normative commitment.
This was the first sub-grouping where a variation of the top three types of commitment
shows. In Table 17, five of the seven categories shared the same rankings, namely the groups of
faculty members who were with the institution for: 1) 0 to 5 years, 2) 6 to 10 years, 3) 11 to 15
years, 4) 16 to 20 years and 5) 21 to 25 years of service. Their rankings also reflected the top
three choices of the sub-groupings by sexual orientation, employment status, and academic rank.
For these groups, the three major types of commitment were: 1) institutional commitment (at
6.13 for 0-5 years, 6.02 for 6-10 years, 6.04 for 11-15 years, 5.97 for 16-20 years, 6.23 for 21-25
years, 5.48 for 26-30 years and 6.44 for 31 years and above), 2) collegial commitment (at 5.80
for 0-5 years, 5.47 for 6-10 years, 5.70 for 11-15 years, 5.37 for 16-20 years, 6.02 for 21-25
years, 5.35 for 26-30 years and 5.84 for 31 years and above) and 3) affective commitment (at
5.30 for 0-5 years, 5.17 for 6-10 years, 5.37 for 11-15 years, 5.12 for 16-20 years and 5.80 for
21-25 years). While the first (1st) and third (3rd) choices for faculty members who have been
with the institution for 26 to 30 years and 31 years and above were identical, namely:
institutional commitment as their top choice (at 5.48 and 6.44, respectively) and collegial
commitment as their third choice (at 5.35 and 5.84, respectively), they differed in their 2 nd choice
of type of commitment. For those who have been with the University for 26 to 30 years,
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continuance commitment (at 5.43) was a consideration, the only time this type of commitment
was reflected as among the top choices in the different sub-groupings, while for faculty members
who have been with the University for 31 years or more, affective commitment (at 6.30) was a
second choice. Analyzing the differences in their mean scores further shows that this was
significant only in terms of affective commitment (at p=0.025) and insignificant for the other
types of commitment.
Table 18. Mean Scores of the Different Types of Organizational Commitment according
to Designation
TYPE OF
COMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
DESIGNATION
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
Faculty
Department/Level
chair
Dean
Faculty
Department/Level
chair
Dean
Faculty
Department/Level
chair
Dean
5.30
Weakly Agree
5.28
Weakly Agree
5.54
4.53
Agree
Weakly Agree
4.35
Neutral
4.66
4.76
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
4.87
Weakly Agree
5.34
Weakly Agree
P-VALUE
SIGNIFICANCE
0.86
Not significant
0.748
Not significant
0.313
Not significant
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Collegial
Institutional
Faculty
Department/Level
chair
Dean
Faculty
Department/Level
chair
Dean
5.64
Agree
5.87
Agree
5.95
6.06
Agree
Agree
6.11
Agree
6.64
Strongly Agree
0.351
Not significant
0.274
Not significant
The choices of the top three types of commitment were identical in this group and also
resonated with the choices in the earlier sub-groupings, namely: 1) institutional commitment (at
6.06 for faculty, 6.11 for Department/Level Chairs and 6.64 for Deans), 2) collegial commitment
(at 5.64, 5.87 and 5.95, respectively) and 3) affective commitment (at 5.30, 5.28 and 5.54,
respectively). An analysis of the differences in their mean scores indicated that these were not
significant for all types of commitment.
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Table 19. Mean Scores of the Different Types of Organizational Commitment according
to Collegial Affiliation
TYPE OF
COMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
Collegial
Institutional
COLLEGE
CAS
CBA
Educ
Eng'g
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Educ
Eng'g
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Educ
Eng'g
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Educ
Eng'g
Nursing
CAS
CBA
Educ
Eng'g
Nursing
MEAN
INTERPRETATION
5.39
5.38
5.58
5.08
5.16
4.49
4.42
4.68
4.62
4.68
4.75
4.85
4.55
4.54
4.94
5.77
5.89
5.62
4.92
5.61
6.15
6.20
6.10
5.69
6.01
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Neutral
Neutral
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Weakly Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
Agree
P-VALUE
SIGNIFICANCE
0.291
Not significant
0.69
Not significant
0.243
Not significant
0.001
Highly Significant
0.023
Significant
The top three choices of types of commitments were similar across all colleges with a
slight variation in ranking for the College of Engineering in their second and third choices. For
the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Accountancy, Education and Nursing, these three
choices were: 1) institutional commitment (at 6.15 for CAS, 6.20 for CBA, 6.10 for Education
and 6.01 for Nursing), 2) collegial commitment (at 5.77, 5.89, 5.62 and 5.61, respectively) and
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affective commitment (at 5.39, 5.38, 5.58 and 5.16, respectively). The faculty members and
administrators of the College of Engineering, on the other hand, saw 1) institutional commitment
as a top choice (at 5.69) followed by affective commitment (at 5.08) and collegial commitment (at
4.92).
In terms of the differences in the mean scores throughout these colleges, the differences
were highly significant in terms of collegial commitment (at p=0.001) and significant insofar as
institutional commitment (at p=0.023). The differences in these scores, however, were not
significant for affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment.
One study said that the sense of allegiance to the unit where one is assigned to was
dependent on a number of factors. These factors could be in the form of job embeddedness,
working relationship, supervisor support, shared-values and the overall working condition.
According to Joiner & Bakalis (2006), strong co-worker and supervisor supports both
contributed to affective commitment. Moreover, formal and informal socialization, as well as
ongoing forums to promote coworker interaction and communication, may further enhance the
sense of belonging and loyalty to the University (Joiner & Balkis, 2006).
Connectedly, Lowenstein, Fernandez & Crane (2007) conducted a study on the
prevalence and predictors of intent to leave academic careers of medical school faculty. Their
study highlighted the importance of colleague relationships which in this study referred to
collegial relationship. They found out that faculty were less likely to consider leaving if they
were affiliated with an inter-department research or clinical center which was perhaps a
reflection of closer colleague networks and stronger sense of academic community.
Lemaster (2004) further suggested that there was a correlation between the individualculture congruence and affective commitment at overall university and work-unit subculture
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levels. Literatures say that for every organizational culture, a sub-culture exists. As applied to
this study, this sub-culture was the culture that existed in every college. This study shows that
there existed high levels of collegial commitment in some of the colleges.
The thirteen predictors of organizational commitment may be further collapsed into six
categories, namely: 1) economic predictors which included salaries and benefit package, 2)
behavioral predictors which referred to job satisfaction, participation in meetings and intent to
stay, 3) political predictors which comprised of perceived influence on institutional policies and
perceived governance, 4) structural predictors which took into account working conditions and
job embeddedness, 5) professional predictors consisting of professional development,
professional commitment, credentials, rank and induction and 6) institutional reputation.
In order to determine the extent of correlation between the different types of
organizational commitment and its predictors, the following interpretative scale was used:
Table 20. Scale of the Interpretation of Pearsons Correlation Coefficient
Size of Correlation
0.90 to 1.00 (+/-)
0.70 to 0.90 (+/-)
0.50 to 0.70 (+/-)
0.30 to 0.50 (+/-)
0.00 to 0.30 (+/-)
Interpretation
Very high (positive/negative) correlation
High (positive/negative) correlation
Moderate (positive/negative) correlation
Low (positive/negative) correlation
Little if any correlation
Using the Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation (r), all the predictors were
positively correlated with the different types of organizational commitment with varying degrees
of relationship. In terms of affective commitment, two predictors were found to be of little if any
positive correlation with this type of commitment, namely: professional development (r = 0.166
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and p =.009) and credentials (r = 0.25 and p =.001) both of which were found to be highly
significant at 99% confidence level. There was also low positive correlation between affective
commitment and 9 other predictors, namely: economic predictors (r = 0.333 and p =.001), job
satisfaction (r = 0.457 and p =.001), participation in meetings (r = 0.358 and p =.001), intent to
stay (r = 0.305 and p =.001), perceived influence on institutional policies (r = 0.399 and p =.001),
perceived governance (r = 0.437 and p =.001), working conditions (r = 0.363 and p =.001),
professional commitment (r = 0.336 and p =.001) and induction (r = 0.398 and p =.001), all of
which were highly significant at 99% confidence level. There were 2 predictors that had
moderate positive correlation with affective commitment, among these: job embeddedness (r =
0.564 and p =.001) and institutional reputation (r = 0.527 and p =.001), both of which were also
highly significant at 99% confidence level. This means, that in spite of the varying degrees of
positive correlation between affective commitment and the different predictors, all of these were
highly significant at a confidence level of 99%, therefore, rejecting the null hypothesis that there
is no correlation between affective commitment and the different predictors. Thus, while there
were degrees of correlation between affective commitment and the six categories of the
predictors, indeed, these economic, behavioral, political, structural and professional predictors
including institutional reputation had important implications on affective commitment.
Table 21. Correlation Matrix of the Predictors and the Different Types of Organizational
Commitment
CORRELATION MATRIX
PREDICTORS
Economic
Job satisfaction
TYPES OF COMMITMENT
Affective
0.333
0.001
0.457
0.001
Continuance
0.145
0.024
0.006
0.93
Normative
0.271
0.001
0.373
0.001
Collegial
0.515
0.001
0.551
0.001
Institutional
0.522
0.001
0.497
0.001
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Participation in meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived influence in
institutional policies
Perceived governance
Working conditions
Job embeddedness
Professional development
Professional commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional reputation
0.358
0.001
0.305
0.001
0.399
0.001
0.437
0.001
0.363
0.001
0.564
0.001
0.166
0.009
0.336
0.001
0.25
0.001
0.398
0.001
0.527
0.001
0.028
0.667
0.019
0.771
0.158
0.013
0.192
0.003
0.11
0.087
0.256
0.001
0.239
0.001
0.227
0.001
0.066
0.308
0.201
0.002
0.175
0.006
0.239
0.001
0.214
0.001
0.329
0.001
0.363
0.001
0.317
0.001
0.411
0.001
0.155
0.016
0.302
0.001
0.093
0.146
0.324
0.001
0.476
0.001
0.532
0.001
0.16
0.014
0.557
0.001
0.593
0.001
0.566
0.001
0.712
0.001
0.174
0.007
0.416
0.001
0.296
0.001
0.552
0.001
0.692
0.001
0.491
0.001
0.165
0.011
0.544
0.001
0.609
0.001
0.549
0.001
0.714
0.001
0.175
0.006
0.471
0.001
0.278
0.001
0.543
0.001
0.748
0.001
In fact, these findings were supported by the study of Sonia, particularly in the area of
economic factors. According to Sonia (2008), employee perception of economic dependence
was shown to be a possible generator of affective commitment.
With regards to continuance commitment, in spite of the differences in the values for
Pearsons coefficient of correlation, all of these values fell within the range of 0.00 to 0.30,
implying little if any positive correlation with this type of commitment. These results were
consistent with the responses of the faculty members that they were neutral insofar as
continuance commitment was concerned and thus, it was not among their top three choices of the
different types of organizational commitment.
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low positive correlation with normative commitment and these included: 1) job satisfaction (r
=0.373 and p =.001), 2) perceived influence on institutional policies (r = 0.329 and p =.001), 3)
perceived governance (r = 0.363 and p =.001), 4) working conditions (r = 0.317 and p =.001), 5)
job embeddedness (r = 0.411 and p =.001), 6) professional commitment (r = 0.302 and p =.001),
7) induction (r = 0.324 and p =.001) and 8) institutional reputation (r = 0.476 and p =.001), all of
which were highly significant at 99% level of confidence. Thus, it may be safe to say that
insofar as normative commitment in concerned, all the six categories of predictors (economic,
behavioral, political, structural, professional and institutional reputation) had important
implications.
Insofar as collegial commitment was concerned, there were 3 predictors that had little if
any positive correlation with this type of commitment, among these: 1) intent to stay (r = 0.16
and p =.014), 2) professional development (r = 0.174 and p =.007) and 3) credentials (r = 0.296
and p =.001) with the first predictor and the last 2 predictors being significantly and highly
significantly correlated with collegial commitment, respectively. Moreover, professional
commitment had a low positive correlation with collegial commitment (r = 0.416 and p =.001)
which was highly significant at 99% level of confidence. There were 8 predictors that had
moderate positive correlation with collegial commitment, namely: 1) economic factors (r =.0515
and p =.001), 2) job satisfaction (r = 0.551 and p =.001), 3) participation in meetings (r = 0.532
and p =.001), 4) perceived influence on institutional policies (r = 0.557 and p =.001), 5)
perceived governance (r = 0.593 and p =.001), 6) working conditions (r = 0.566 and p =.001), 7)
induction (r = 0.552 and p =.001) and 8) institutional reputation (r =0.692 and p =.001) with all
of these predictors being highly significantly correlated with collegial commitment at 99% level
of confidence. There was one predictor that had a high positive correlation with collegial
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commitment and this was job embeddedness (r = 0.712 and p =.001) which was highly
significant. In order words, as among the top 3 manifestations of organizational commitment for
the faculty members of the University of St. La Salle, the six categories of the different
predictors also had important implications on collegial commitment.
The fifth type of organizational commitment is institutional commitment and this was in
the top choice of commitment of the faculty members. There were 3 predictors that had little if
any positive correlation with institutional commitment, among these: 1) intent to stay (r = 0.165
and p =.011), 2) professional development (r = 0.175 and p =.006) and 3) credentials (r = 0.278
and p =.001) with the first predictor and the last 2 predictors being significantly and highly
significantly correlated with institutional commitment, respectively. There were 3 predictors that
had low positive correlation with institutional commitment, namely: 1) job satisfaction (r =
0.497 and p =.001), 2) participation in meetings (r = 0.491 and p =.001) and 3) professional
commitment (r = 0.471 and p =.001), all of which were highly significantly correlated with
institutional commitment at 99% level of confidence. There were 5 other predictors that had
moderate positive correlation with institutional commitment composed of: 1) economic factors (r
= 0.522 and p =.001), 2) perceived influence on institutional policies (r = 0.544 and p =.001), 3)
perceived governance (r = 0.609 and p =.001), 4) working conditions (r = 0.549 and p =.001) and
5) induction (r = 0.543 and p =.001), all of which were also highly significantly correlated with
institutional commitment. There were also 2 predictors that had high positive correlation with
institutional commitment which were job embeddedness (r = 0.714 and p =.001) and institutional
reputation (r = 0.748 and p =.001), both of which were highly significantly correlated with
institutional commitment at 99% level of confidence. Thus, such as in the case of collegial
commitment, the six categories of the predictors also had important implications on institutional
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coefficients (s) that measured the magnitude of the relationship between a specific type of
commitment and its predictors. Each regression equation reflected the regression coefficients as
well as the computed t-values which served as basis for determining whether these coefficients
were significant at least at 95% level of confidence (p < .05). These coefficients, however, did
not really have to be taken at nominal or face value but instead served as guide to reinforce the
earlier process of establishing the correlation between organizational commitment and its
predictors. The computation of the values for the regression coefficients and their t-values were
done through the use of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).
Affective Commitment. As can be observed from Table 22, affective commitment had 4
relevant predictors, 3 of which were highly significant and 1 of which was significant. These
predictors were: 1) job embeddedness ( = 0.331 and p =.001), 2) institutional reputation ( =
0.274 and p =.010), 3) intent to stay ( = 0.141 and p =.001) and 4) job satisfaction ( = 0.170
and p =.036). All of these significant predictors were positively related with affective
commitment. Among these predictors, job embeddedness had the highest positive effect on this
type of commitment while intent to stay had the lowest positive effect on affective commitment.
With regards to the 9 remaining predictors, these were not found to be significantly related with
affective commitment (their p-values were greater than 0.05) and therefore, the null hypothesis
that their s are equal to zero (s = 0) was accepted for these predictors.
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REGRESSION ANALYSIS
Dependent variable: Affective Commitment
Model
Constant
Economic
Job satisfaction
Participation in meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived influence in
Perceived governance
Working conditions
Job embeddedness
Professional development
Professional commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional reputation
Beta
t
0.481 0.983
-0.079 -1.25
0.17
2.109
0.014 0.203
0.141 3.762
0.016 0.248
0.032
0.44
-0.082 -0.981
0.331
3.21
0.03
0.788
0.022 0.315
0.036 0.725
-0.04 -0.652
0.274 2.603
p-value
0.327
0.213
0.036
0.839
0.001
0.804
0.66
0.328
0.002
0.432
0.753
0.469
0.515
0.01
Significance
Not significant
Not significant
Significant
Not significant
Highly significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Highly significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Highly significant
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REGRESSION ANALYSIS
Dependent variable: Continuance Commitment
Model
Constant
Economic
Job satisfaction
Participation in meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived influence in
Perceived governance
Working conditions
Job embeddedness
Professional development
Professional commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional reputation
Beta
3.319
0.056
-0.253
-0.165
-0.025
0.014
0.076
-0.106
0.353
0.133
0.154
-0.08
0.007
0.04
4.834
0.634
-2.217
-1.725
-0.453
0.159
0.744
-0.906
2.44
2.508
1.596
-1.136
0.078
0.273
pvalue
0.001
0.527
0.028
0.086
0.651
0.873
0.458
0.366
0.016
0.013
0.112
0.257
0.938
0.785
Significance
Highly significant
Not significant
Significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Significant
Significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Some studies say that job satisfaction, occupational and organizational commitments
were not completely unrelated. Organizational commitment was an answer to the belief in
organization and job satisfaction was an answer to certain duties and experience (Glisson &
Durick, 1988 in Munever, 2006). Balay, (2000 in Munevver 2006) said that these two were very
much related. An individual may be unhappy about some duties and experiences but can be very
strong in terms of committing oneself to the organization. The research findings of Meyer et al
(2001) stated they had found the strongest correlation between affective and normative
commitment to both occupation and the organization, but was negatively related with
continuance. This study shows that job satisfaction was negatively related with continuance
commitment which seemed to support Meyers study.
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REGRESSION ANALYSIS
Dependent variable: Normative Commitment
Model
Constant
Economic
Job satisfaction
Participation in meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived influence in
Perceived governance
Working conditions
Job embeddedness
Professional development
Professional commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional reputation
Beta
1.196
-0.048
0.135
-0.051
0.084
0.028
0.027
0.01
0.047
0.038
0.115
-0.076
-0.014
0.341
t
2.409
-0.744
1.653
-0.731
2.215
0.436
0.36
0.124
0.449
1.004
1.648
-1.502
-0.232
3.188
p-value
0.017
0.458
0.1
0.466
0.028
0.663
0.719
0.901
0.654
0.317
0.101
0.135
0.817
0.002
Significance
Significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Highly significant
p = .016). These predictors were positively related with collegial commitment with job
embeddedness having the relatively greater positive effect on collegial commitment. While the
remaining 10 predictors, on the other hand, had p-values greater than 0.05 (p > 0.05) meaning the
null hypothesis was accepted for these predictors.
Table 25. Summary of the Regression Analysis for Collegial Commitment
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
Dependent variable: Collegial Commitment
Model
Constant
Economic
Job satisfaction
Participation in meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived influence in
Perceived governance
Working conditions
Job embeddedness
Professional development
Professional commitment
Credentials
Induction
Institutional reputation
Beta
0.558
0.013
0.097
0.141
0.021
0.047
0.041
0.024
0.225
-0.008
0.093
0.007
0.016
0.183
t
1.595
0.277
1.677
2.892
0.779
1.026
0.792
0.412
3.051
-0.306
1.897
0.195
0.361
2.436
p-value
0.112
0.782
0.095
0.004
0.437
0.306
0.429
0.681
0.003
0.76
0.059
0.846
0.718
0.016
Significance
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Highly significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Highly significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Significant
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significantly related with institutional commitment and therefore, the null hypothesis (s = 0)
for these predictors was accepted.
Table 26. Summary of the Regression Analysis for Institutional Commitment
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
Dependent variable: Institutional Commitment
Model
Constant
Economic
Job satisfaction
Participation in meetings
Intent to stay
Perceived influence in
Perceived governance
Working conditions
Job embeddedness
Professional development
Professional commitment
Credentials
Induction
Beta
1.076
0.013
0.015
0.066
0.03
0.017
0.06
0.001
0.191
-0.011
0.142
-0.006
-0.025
t
3.412
0.322
0.292
1.512
1.268
0.417
1.276
0.023
2.901
-0.455
3.212
-0.2
-0.65
p-value
0.001
0.748
0.77
0.132
0.206
0.677
0.204
0.982
0.004
0.65
0.002
0.842
0.516
Significance
Highly significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Highly significant
Not significant
Highly significant
Not significant
Not significant
Across the different types of organizational commitment, there were a total of 7 of the 13
predictors that were either significantly or highly significantly related with organizational
commitment. There were 2 predictors that showed up in four (4) types of organizational
commitment, namely: 1) institutional reputation (in affective, normative, collegial and
institutional commitment) and 2) job embeddedness (in affective, continuance, collegial and
institutional commitment). There were 2 other predictors that proved relevant in 2 of the 5 types
of organizational commitment, among these: 1) job satisfaction (in affective and continuance
commitment) and 2) intent to stay (in affective and normative commitment). The last 3 predictors
demonstrated in a specific type of organizational commitment and these were: 1) professional
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Commitment Indices
In a desire to provide even more meaningful analysis and interpretations to the different
predictors of organizational commitment, the researchers explored the possibility of formulating
a commitment index through the use of the principal component analysis or the principal factor
analysis. The mean scores for the different types of commitment as well as for the overall
organizational commitment were determined and their corresponding standard deviations were
used to establish the range of scores which were then converted into three (3) levels of
commitment, namely: 1) low, 2) average and 3) high.
Table 27. Summary of the Range of the Mean Scores of the Different Types of
Organizational Commitment
MIN
1.75
1.00
2.00
2.53
3.06
2.84
MAX
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
6.63
MEAN
5.3167
4.5241
4.7808
5.6731
6.086
5.2764
SD
0.89639
1.00898
0.79885
0.77529
0.7178
0.58612
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Table 27 shows the minimum, maximum and mean scores for the different types of
organizational commitment, their corresponding standard deviation and defined ranges for the
different levels of commitment. As can be gleaned from Table 28, there are ranges of scores.
The range of scores in between the two other columns referred to the average level of
commitment which was equivalent to one (1) standard deviation above and below the mean score
for each type of commitment ( ). When this range of score had been determined, the range
of scores below its lower limit was referred to low level of commitment while the range of scores
above its upper limit was referred to high level of commitment.
Using these values, it can also be observed that continuance commitment (4.5241) had the
lowest mean value while institutional commitment (6.0860) had the highest mean value.
Additionally, continuance commitment (1.00898) and overall commitment (0.58612) generated
the highest and lowest standard deviation, respectively, in the group. The type of commitment
that had the broadest range of values (institutional commitment) for low level of commitment led
to a smaller range of values for high level of commitment and vice versa (continuance
commitment).
Table 28. Summary of the Range of Values across Different Types and Levels of
Organizational Commitment
COMMITMENT INDEX
LEVELS OF COMMITMENT
TYPES OF COMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
Collegial
Institutional
Overall
LOW
1.00-4.49
1.00-3.50
1.00-4.00
1.00-4.90
1.00-5.37
1.00-4.69
AVERAGE
4.50-6.29
3.51-5.50
4.01-5.60
4.91-6.45
5.38-6.80
4.70-5.86
HIGH
6.30-7.00
5.51-7.00
5.61-7.00
6.46-7.00
6.81-7.00
5.87-7.00
90 | P a g e
On the basis of these values, the overall responses of the research participants vis--vis
the different types of commitment were located in these ranges of values and their levels of
commitment were identified correspondingly. The percentage share of each level of
commitment for each type of commitment was then summarized as shown in Table 29.
Table 29. Summary of the Percentage Share of the Types and Levels of Commitment
TYPES OF COMMITMENT
Affective
Continuance
Normative
Collegial
Institutional
Overall
LOW
16.6
15.1
19.1
15.8
11.2
14.4
PERCENTAGE SHARE
AVERAGE
HIGH
70.4
13
72.2
12.7
63.4
17.5
66.8
17.4
68.9
19.9
69.1
16.5
TOTAL
100
100
100
100
100
100
While the majority of the ratings tended or converged towards the average level of
commitment for all types of commitment, it is interesting to look at the composition of the
groupings at each level of commitment. For example, looking at the percentage share for the low
level of commitment, institutional commitment (11.2%) had the smallest percentage share of
research participants that were identified as belonging to this group while normative commitment
(19.1%) had the highest percentage share of faculty and administrators classified as having low
level of commitment. Insofar as the average level of commitment was concerned, normative
commitment (63.4%) had the lowest percentage share while continuance commitment (72.2%)
had the highest percentage share of research participants indicating average level of commitment.
In terms of the high level of commitment percentage sharing, continuance commitment (12.7%)
had the smallest share while institutional commitment (19.9%) had the highest percentage share
91 | P a g e
which reinforced the earlier findings where the research participants rated themselves lowest and
highest in the areas of continuance commitment and institutional commitment, respectively.
The commitment index was also further disaggregated across sex, employment status,
academic rank, length of service, designation and college affiliation to determine whether there
were significant differences in their commitment indices.
Low
Average
n
%
n
Female
18
12.3
105
Male
23
22.8
69
Total
41
16.6
174
Chi-square p-value = .045 (Significant)
%
71.9
68.3
70.4
High
n
23
9
32
%
15.8
8.9
13
Total
n
146
101
247
%
100
100
100
CONTINUANCE COMMITMENT
Sex
Low
n
%
n
Female
18
12.4
106
Male
19
19
71
Total
37
15.1
177
Chi-square p-value = .262 (Not Significant)
Average
%
73.1
71
72.2
High
n
21
10
31
%
14.5
10
12.7
Total
n
145
100
245
%
100
100
100
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NORMATIVE COMMITMENT
Sex
Low
Average
n
%
n
Female
22
15.1
99
Male
25
25
57
Total
47
19.1
156
Chi-square p-value = .123 (Not Significant)
%
67.8
57
63.4
High
n
25
18
43
%
17.1
18
17.5
Total
n
146
100
246
%
100
100
100
COLLEGIAL COMMITMENT
Sex
Low
Average
n
%
n
Female
17
11.6
103
Male
22
21.8
62
Total
39
15.8
165
Chi-square p-value = .097 (Not Significant)
%
70.5
61.4
66.8
High
n
26
17
43
%
17.8
16.8
17.4
Total
n
146
101
247
%
100
100
100
INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT
Sex
Low
Average
n
%
n
Female
10
7
104
Male
17
17.3
62
Total
27
11.2
166
Chi-square p-value = .042 (Significant)
%
72.7
63.3
68.9
High
n
29
19
48
%
20.3
19.4
19.9
Total
n
143
98
241
%
100
100
100
OVERALL COMMITMENT
Sex
Low
n
%
n
Female
15
10.4
100
Male
20
20.2
68
Total
35
14.4
168
Chi-square p-value = .033 (Significant)
Average
%
69.4
68.7
69.1
High
n
29
11
40
%
20.1
11.1
16.5
Total
n
144
99
243
%
100
100
100
Additionally, using the Chi-square test, the results indicated that the commitment indices
between the male and female research participants were significantly different in three types of
commitment. These types of commitment included: 1) affective commitment (p=0.045), 2)
institutional commitment (p=0.042) and overall commitment (p=0.033).
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20.2
Male
68.7
10.4
Female
11.1
69.4
20
40
Low
20.1
60
Average
80
100
High
According to Employment Status. Table 31, on the other hand, summarizes the
commitment indices of the participants across their employment status. Consistently, the
tendency of the majority to converge towards the average level of commitment was manifested
with the fulltime probationary and part-time faculty members garnering the bigger percentage
shares in three types of commitment each, namely: affective commitment (86.7%), continuance
commitment (75.9%) and normative commitment (75.9%) for the fulltime probationary faculty
and collegial commitment (69.3%), institutional commitment (72.9%) and overall commitment
(79.1%) for the part-time faculty member. These findings reinforced the earlier statements
which indicated that the fulltime probationary and part-time faculty members tended to be more
committed relative to the fulltime permanent faculty members and administrators.
Table 31. Summary of the Commitment Index according to Employment Status
AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT
Status
Low
Average
n
%
Full-time permanent
30
23.1
Full-time probationary
3
10
Part-time
8
9.2
Total
41
16.6
Chi-square p-value = .018 (Significant)
n
83
26
65
174
%
63.8
86.7
74.7
70.4
High
n
17
1
14
32
%
13.1
3.3
16.1
13
Total
n
130
30
87
247
%
100
100
100
100
CONTINUANCE COMMITMENT
Status
Low
Average
High
Total
95 | P a g e
n
%
Full-time permanent
21
16.3
Full-time probationary
3
10.3
Part-time
13
14.9
Total
37
15.1
Chi-square p-value = .932 (Not significant)
n
93
22
62
177
%
72.1
75.9
71.3
72.2
n
15
4
12
31
%
11.6
13.8
13.8
12.7
n
129
29
87
245
%
100
100
100
100
NORMATIVE COMMITMENT
Status
Low
Average
n
%
Full-time permanent
34
26.2
Full-time probationary
3
10.3
Part-time
10
11.5
Total
47
19.1
Chi-square p-value = 0.046 (Significant)
n
75
22
59
156
%
57.7
75.9
67.8
63.4
High
n
21
4
18
43
%
16.2
13.8
20.7
17.5
Total
n
130
29
87
246
%
100
100
100
100
COLLEGIAL COMMITMENT
Low
n
%
Full-time permanent
25
19.2
Full-time probationary
3
10.3
Part-time
11
12.5
Total
39
15.8
Chi-square p-value = 0.161 (Not significant)
Status
Average
n
87
17
61
165
%
66.9
58.6
69.3
66.8
High
n
18
9
16
43
%
13.8
31
18.2
17.4
Total
n
130
29
88
247
%
100
100
100
100
INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT
Status
Low
n
%
Full-time permanent
19
15
Full-time probationary
2
6.9
Part-time
6
7.1
Total
27
11.2
Chi-square p-value = 0.422 (Not significant)
Average
n
83
21
62
166
%
65.4
72.4
72.9
68.9
High
n
25
6
17
48
%
19.7
20.7
20
19.9
Total
n
127
29
85
241
%
100
100
100
100
OVERALL COMMITMENT
Status
Low
n
%
Full-time permanent
26
20.3
Full-time probationary
2
6.9
Part-time
7
8.1
Total
35
14.4
Chi-square p-value = 0.034 (Significant)
Average
n
80
20
68
168
%
62.5
69
79.1
69.1
High
n
22
7
11
40
%
17.2
24.1
12.8
16.5
Total
n
%
128
100
29
100
86
100
243
100
96 | P a g e
With regards to the low levels of commitment, the fulltime permanent research
participants had bigger percentage shares in all areas of commitment. When it came to the high
levels of commitment, the biggest percentage shares in terms of affective (16.1%), continuance
(13.8% shared with the fulltime probationary respondents) and normative commitment (20.7%)
were the part-timers. In the three remaining types of commitment, referring to collegial
(31.0%), institutional (20.7%) and overall commitment (24.1%), the fulltime probationary
research participants showed relatively higher percentage shares.
Part-time
8.1
Full-time probationary
6.9
79.1
12.8
Low
69
24.1
Average
High
20.3
Full-time permanent
62.5
20
40
60
17.2
80
100
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Low
Average
n
%
Did not indicate
7
18.4
Lecturer
1
4.3
Professional Lecturer
2
5.3
Instructor
5
18.5
Assistant Professor
21
23.6
Associate Professor
2
15.4
Full Professor
3
15.8
Total
41
16.6
Chi-square p-value = 0.550 (Not significant)
n
27
18
30
20
56
9
14
174
%
71.1
78.3
78.9
74.1
62.9
69.2
73.7
70.4
High
n
4
4
6
2
12
2
2
32
%
10.5
17.4
15.8
7.4
13.5
15.4
10.5
13
Total
n
%
38
100
23
100
38
100
27
100
89
100
13
100
19
100
247
100
CONTINUANCE COMMITMENT
Rank
Low
n
%
Did not indicate
7
18.4
Lecturer
4
17.4
Professional Lecturer
6
16.2
Instructor
4
14.8
Assistant Professor
13
14.6
Associate Professor
1
7.7
Full Professor
2
11.1
Total
37
15.1
Chi-square p-value = 0.480 (Not significant)
Average
n
24
16
24
17
69
12
15
177
%
63.2
69.6
64.9
63
77.5
92.3
83.3
72.2
High
n
7
3
7
6
7
0
1
31
%
18.4
13
18.9
22.2
7.9
0
5.6
12.7
Total
n
%
38
100
23
100
37
100
27
100
89
100
13
100
18
100
245
100
98 | P a g e
NORMATIVE COMMITMENT
Rank
Low
Average
n
%
Did not indicate
5
13.2
Lecturer
3
13
Professional Lecturer
4
10.8
Instructor
8
29.6
Assistant Professor
22
24.7
Associate Professor
2
15.4
Full Professor
3
15.8
Total
47
19.1
Chi-square p-value = 0.486 (Not significant)
n
29
15
26
16
50
7
13
156
%
76.3
65.2
70.3
59.3
56.2
53.8
68.4
63.4
High
n
4
5
7
3
17
4
3
43
%
10.5
21.7
18.9
11.1
19.1
30.8
15.8
17.5
Total
n
%
38
100
23
100
37
100
27
100
89
100
13
100
19
100
246
100
COLLEGIAL COMMITMENT
Rank
Low
Average
n
%
Did not indicate
7
18.4
Lecturer
1
4.3
Professional Lecturer
5
13.2
Instructor
3
11.1
Assistant Professor
18
20.2
Associate Professor
3
23.1
Full Professor
2
10.5
Total
39
15.8
Chi-square p-value = 0.831 (Not significant)
n
27
17
25
19
57
7
13
165
%
71.1
73.9
65.8
70.4
64
53.8
68.4
66.8
High
n
4
5
8
5
14
3
4
43
%
10.5
21.7
21.1
18.5
15.7
23.1
21.1
17.4
Total
n
%
38
100
23
100
38
100
27
100
89
100
13
100
19
100
247
100
INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT
Rank
Low
n
%
Did not indicate
4
10.8
Lecturer
2
8.7
Professional Lecturer
2
5.6
Instructor
3
11.5
Assistant Professor
12
13.6
Associate Professor
3
23.1
Full Professor
1
5.6
Total
27
11.2
Chi-square p-value = 0.942 (Not significant)
Average
n
27
16
26
17
60
8
12
166
%
73
69.6
72.2
65.4
68.2
61.5
66.7
68.9
High
n
6
5
8
6
16
2
5
48
%
16.2
21.7
22.2
23.1
18.2
15.4
27.8
19.9
Total
n
%
37
100
23
100
36
100
26
100
88
100
13
100
18
100
241
100
OVERALL COMMITMENT
Rank
Low
Average
High
Total
99 | P a g e
n
%
Did not indicate
4
10.5
Lecturer
2
8.7
Professional Lecturer
2
5.6
Instructor
5
18.5
Assistant Professor
17
19.1
Associate Professor
3
23.1
Full Professor
2
11.8
Total
35
14.4
Chi-square p-value = 0.429 (Not significant)
n
31
17
28
19
56
7
10
168
%
81.6
73.9
77.8
70.4
62.9
53.8
58.8
69.1
n
3
4
6
3
16
3
5
40
%
7.9
17.4
16.7
11.1
18
23.1
29.4
16.5
n
38
23
36
27
89
13
17
243
Looking at the low levels of commitment summary, the Associate Professors generated
bigger percentage shares in three (3) areas of commitment, namely: 1) collegial commitment
(23.1%), 2) institutional commitment (23.1%) and overall commitment (23.1%) while the
Lecturers indicated bigger percentage shares in the area of continuance commitment (17.4%), the
Assistant Professors registered higher percentage share in the area of affective commitment
(23.6%) while the bigger percentage share for normative commitment (29.6%) could be traced to
the Instructors. On the other hand, when it came to high levels of commitment, the Associate
Professors and Full Professors garnered bigger percentage shares in two areas each, namely:
normative (30.8%) and collegial commitment (23.1%) for the Associate Professors and
institutional (27.8%) and overall commitment (29.4%) for the Full Professors. While the
Lecturers and Instructors led the group in terms of high levels of committed faculty members
and administrators in the areas of affective (17.4%) and continuance commitment (22.2%),
respectively.
100 | P a g e
%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
7.9
81.6
10.5
17.4
16.7
73.9
77.8
8.7
5.6
11.1
18
23.1
70.4
62.9
53.8
18.5
19.1
23.1
29.4
58.8
High
Average
11.8
Low
According to Length of Service. In the area of length of service, Table 33 indicates the
tendency or pattern for the commitment index ratings to converge towards average levels of
commitment was disrupted in the areas of affective commitment (33.3% as opposed to 66.7% for
low level of commitment) and overall commitment (33.3% across the three levels of commitment).
The research participants with 0-5 years and 31 or more years of service showed bigger
percentage shares in two areas each, namely: affective commitment (76.9%) and overall
commitment (74.7%) for the 0-5 years of service and normative (100.0%) and institutional
commitment (80.0%) for those who have stayed with the institution for 31 years or more.
101 | P a g e
Low
Average
n
%
Did not indicate
3
13.6
0 to 5 years
11
12.1
6 to 10 years
11
22.4
11 to 15 years
5
13.5
16 to 20 years
7
29.2
21 to 25 years
2
12.5
26 to 30 years
2
66.7
31 years and above
0
0
Total
41
16.6
Chi-square p-value = 0.218 (Not significant)
n
16
70
32
27
15
10
1
3
174
%
72.7
76.9
65.3
73
62.5
62.5
33.3
60
70.4
High
n
3
10
6
5
2
4
0
2
32
%
13.6
11
12.2
13.5
8.3
25
0
40
13
Total
n
22
91
49
37
24
16
3
5
247
%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
CONTINUANCE COMMITMENT
Length of service
Low
n
%
Did not indicate
3
13.6
0 to 5 years
15
16.5
6 to 10 years
7
14.6
11 to 15 years
7
18.9
16 to 20 years
2
8.3
21 to 25 years
2
13.3
26 to 30 years
0
0
31 years and above
1
20
Total
37
15.1
Chi-square p-value = 0.741 (Not significant)
Average
n
17
61
36
28
17
13
2
3
177
%
77.3
67
75
75.7
70.8
86.7
66.7
60
72.2
High
n
2
15
5
2
5
0
1
1
31
%
9.1
16.5
10.4
5.4
20.8
0
33.3
20
12.7
Total
n
22
91
48
37
24
15
3
5
245
%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
NORMATIVE COMMITMENT
Length of service
Low
n
%
Did not indicate
2
9.1
0 to 5 years
14
15.4
6 to 10 years
14
29.2
11 to 15 years
7
18.9
16 to 20 years
6
25
21 to 25 years
3
18.8
26 to 30 years
1
33.3
31 years and above
0
0
Total
47
19.1
Chi-square p-value = 0.512 (Not significant)
Average
n
17
62
23
24
14
9
2
5
156
%
77.3
68.1
47.9
64.9
58.3
56.3
66.7
100
63.4
High
n
3
15
11
6
4
4
0
0
43
%
13.6
16.5
22.9
16.2
16.7
25
0
0
17.5
Total
n
22
91
48
37
24
16
3
5
246
102 | P a g e
%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
COLLEGIAL COMMITMENT
Length of service
Low
Average
n
%
Did not indicate
4
18.2
0 to 5 years
9
9.8
6 to 10 years
11
22.9
11 to 15 years
6
16.2
16 to 20 years
6
25
21 to 25 years
1
6.3
26 to 30 years
1
33.3
31 years and above
1
20
Total
39
15.8
Chi-square p-value = 0.517 (Not significant)
n
14
65
31
23
17
10
2
3
165
%
63.6
70.7
64.6
62.2
70.8
62.5
66.7
60
66.8
High
n
4
18
6
8
1
5
0
1
43
%
18.2
19.6
12.5
21.6
4.2
31.3
0
20
17.4
Total
n
22
92
48
37
24
16
3
5
247
%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT
Length of service
Low
n
%
Did not indicate
2
9.5
0 to 5 years
6
6.7
6 to 10 years
7
15.2
11 to 15 years
5
13.9
16 to 20 years
3
12.5
21 to 25 years
3
18.8
26 to 30 years
1
33.3
31 years and above
0
0
Total
27
11.2
Chi-square p-value = 0.670 (Not significant)
Average
n
15
67
32
23
16
7
2
4
166
%
71.4
74.4
69.6
63.9
66.7
43.8
66.7
80
68.9
High
n
4
17
7
8
5
6
0
1
48
%
19
18.9
15.2
22.2
20.8
37.5
0
20
19.9
Total
n
21
90
46
36
24
16
3
5
241
%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
OVERALL COMMITMENT
Length of service
Low
n
%
Did not indicate
3
13.6
0 to 5 years
10
11
6 to 10 years
8
17
11 to 15 years
6
16.7
16 to 20 years
6
25
21 to 25 years
1
6.7
26 to 30 years
1
33.3
31 years and above
0
0
Total
35
14.4
Chi-square p-value = 0.546 (Not significant)
Average
n
17
68
31
24
15
9
1
3
168
%
77.3
74.7
66
66.7
62.5
60
33.3
60
69.1
High
n
2
13
8
6
3
5
1
2
40
%
9.1
14.3
17
16.7
12.5
33.3
33.3
40
16.5
Total
n
22
91
47
36
24
15
3
5
243
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%
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Insofar as low levels of commitment were concerned, the bigger percentage shares were
dominated by those who have been with the institution for 26-30 years except in the area of
continuance commitment. While in terms of high levels of commitment, those who have been
with the University for 21-25 years showed bigger percentage shares in three areas, namely:
normative (25.0%), collegial (31.3%) and institutional commitment (37.5%). Whereas those
who have served the institution longest ( 31 years) were highly committed in the areas of
affective (40.0%) and overall commitment (40.0%). The most highly committed group in terms
of continuance commitment (33.3%) was those who have been with the institution for 26-30
years. These results corroborated the earlier findings that those who gave relatively higher
commitment ratings were also the most committed groups and these were faculty members and
administrators who have served the institution between 21-30 years. However, the commitment
indices were not significantly different at all types of commitment across the different categories
of length of service.
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
9.1
14.3
17
16.7
12.5
33.3
77.3
74.7
66
66.7
62.5
33.3
33.3
High
60
13.6
11
17
16.7
40
60
33.3
25
6.7
Average
Low
0
Indartono & Chen (2011) concluded that tenured employees showed greater commitment
than junior employees. Previous researchers have proposed evidence of a positive association
between tenure and commitment (Mottaz, 1998; Gregersen and Black, 1992 cited in Indartono
& Chen ,2011). The length of service in an organization was positively related to the level of
internalization of organizational values, resulting in greater commitment on the part of members
(Dick and Metcalfe, 2007 as cited in Indartono & Chen ,2011). Other previous studies have also
indicated that organizational commitment increases with tenure.
In a related study on effects of service tenure and nature of occupation on organizational
commitment and job satisfaction, Natarajan & Nagar (2011) claimed that the main effect of
service tenure was found to influence commitment and job satisfaction. It was seen that
managers with longer tenure reflected higher affective commitment, normative commitment and
intrinsic job satisfaction as compared to their counterparts. Those who stayed in the organization
adapted themselves to the organization and attained maturity. Thus, affective and
normative commitment were high when the employee joined the organization newly. This phase
corresponded to the infancy stage of development. Thereafter, the commitment and job
satisfaction dropped which corresponded to the adolescent stage of development, and finally,
over longer service tenure both commitment and job satisfaction stabilized, corresponding to
adulthood or maturity stage of development.
normative (75.0%) and overall commitment (75.0%). While in terms of low levels of
commitment, the bigger percentage shares could be traced to the Department or Level Chairs
also in four areas, which included: affective (30.0%), normative (26.3%), institutional (21.1%)
and overall commitment (15.8%). The highest levels of commitment were often registered by the
group of Department or Level Chairs, also in four areas, including normative (26.3%), collegial
(36.8%), institutional (31.6%) and overall commitment (36.8%). While the faculty members
high levels of commitment in the areas of affective (12.3%) and continuance commitment (13.7%)
was noteworthy.
Designation
Average
n
%
Faculty
32
15.1
Department/Level chair
6
30
Dean
1
25
Total
39
16.5
Chi-square p-value = 0.275 (Not significant)
n
154
12
3
169
High
%
72.6
60
75
71.6
n
26
2
0
28
Total
%
12.3
10
0
11.9
n
212
20
4
236
%
100
100
100
100
CONTINUANCE COMMMITMENT
Low
Designation
Average
n
%
Faculty
34
16
Department/Level chair
2
10.5
Dean
0
0
Total
36
15.3
Chi-square p-value = 0.917 (Not significant)
n
149
16
4
169
High
%
70.3
84.2
100
71.9
n
29
1
0
30
Total
%
13.7
5.3
0
12.8
n
212
19
4
235
%
100
100
100
100
NORMATIVE COMMITMENT
Designation
Faculty
Department/Level chair
Dean
Total
Low
n
40
5
0
45
Average
%
18.9
26.3
0
19.1
n
137
9
3
149
High
%
64.6
47.4
75
63.4
n
35
5
1
41
Total
%
16.5
26.3
25
17.4
n
%
212
100
19 100
4 100
235
100
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COLLEGIAL COMMITMENT
Designation
Low
Average
n
%
Faculty
34
16
Department/Level chair
3
15.8
Dean
1
25
Total
38
16.1
Chi-square p-value = 0.115 (Not significant)
n
148
9
2
159
%
69.5
47.4
50
67.4
High
n
31
7
1
39
Total
%
14.6
36.8
25
16.5
n
213
19
4
236
%
100
100
100
100
INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT
Designation
Low
n
%
Faculty
23
11.1
Department/Level chair
4
21.1
Dean
0
0
Total
27
11.7
Chi-square p-value = 0.321 (Not significant)
Average
n
147
9
2
158
%
71
47.4
50
68.7
High
n
37
6
2
45
Total
%
17.9
31.6
50
19.6
n
207
19
4
230
%
100
100
100
100
OVERALL COMMITMENT
Designation
Low
n
%
Faculty
31
14.8
Department/Level chair
3
15.8
Dean
0
0
Total
34
14.6
Chi-square p-value = 0.143 (Not significant)
Average
n
150
9
3
162
%
71.4
47.4
75
69.5
High
n
29
7
1
37
Total
%
13.8
36.8
25
15.9
n
210
19
4
233
The results, however, were not as conclusive relative to the earlier findings which
indicated that the Deans registered higher mean ratings and were found to be relatively more
committed. Once again, no significant differences in the commitment indices could be
established across the different types of commitment when the research participants were
grouped according to their designation.
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%
100
100
100
100
100%
90%
13.8
25
36.8
80%
70%
60%
50%
High
71.4
40%
47.4
Average
75
Low
30%
20%
10%
14.8
15.8
Faculty
Department/Level
chair
0%
0
Dean
Low
n
14
8
1
9
%
12.8
12.9
20
31
Average
n
80
46
3
18
%
73.4
74.2
60
62.1
High
n
15
8
1
2
%
13.8
12.9
20
6.9
Total
n
%
109
100
62
100
5
100
29
100
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Nursing
9
21.4
Total
41
16.6
Chi-square p-value = 0.466 (Not significant)
27
174
64.3
70.4
6
32
14.3
13
42
247
100
100
CONTINUANCE COMMITMENT
Low
College
Average
n
%
CAS
17
15.7
CBA
10
16.1
Educ
0
0
Eng'g
4
14.3
Nursing
6
14.3
Total
37
15.1
Chi-square p-value = 0.955 (Not significant)
n
79
43
5
20
30
177
%
73.1
69.4
100
71.4
71.4
72.2
High
n
12
9
0
4
6
31
%
11.1
14.5
0
14.3
14.3
12.7
Total
n
%
108
100
62
100
5
100
28
100
42
100
245
100
NORMATIVE COMMITMENT
Low
College
Average
n
%
CAS
21
19.3
CBA
9
14.5
Educ
1
20
Eng'g
9
32.1
Nursing
7
16.7
Total
47
19.1
Chi-square p-value = 0.053 (Not significant)
n
77
37
4
15
23
156
%
70.6
59.7
80
53.6
54.8
63.4
High
n
11
16
0
4
12
43
%
10.1
25.8
0
14.3
28.6
17.5
Total
n
%
109
100
62
100
5
100
28
100
42
100
246
100
COLLEGIAL COMMITMENT
Low
College
Average
n
%
CAS
14
12.7
CBA
3
4.8
Educ
1
20
Eng'g
15
53.6
Nursing
6
14.3
Total
39
15.8
Chi-square p-value = 0.001 (Highly significant)
n
72
45
4
13
31
165
%
65.5
72.6
80
46.4
73.8
66.8
High
n
24
14
0
0
5
43
%
21.8
22.6
0
0
11.9
17.4
Total
n
%
110
100
62
100
5
100
28
100
42
100
247
100
INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT
College
CAS
CBA
Low
n
10
4
Average
%
9.2
6.6
n
73
43
%
67
70.5
High
n
26
14
%
23.9
23
Total
n
%
109
100
61
100
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Educ
0
0
Eng'g
8
30.8
Nursing
5
12.5
Total
27
11.2
Chi-square p-value = 0.033 (Significant)
5
16
29
166
100
61.5
72.5
68.9
0
2
6
48
0
7.7
15
19.9
5
26
40
241
100
100
100
100
OVERALL COMMITMENT
College
Low
n
%
CAS
14
13.1
CBA
6
9.7
Educ
1
20
Eng'g
8
29.6
Nursing
6
14.3
Total
35
14.4
Chi-square p-value = 0.246 (Not significant)
Average
n
76
45
3
18
26
168
%
71
72.6
60
66.7
61.9
69.1
High
n
17
11
1
1
10
40
Total
n
%
107
100
62
100
5
100
27
100
42
100
243
100
%
15.9
17.7
20
3.7
23.8
16.5
On the other hand, when it came to the low levels of commitment, it was the College of
Engineering that had bigger percentage shares in five of the six (5 of 6) types of commitment
which included: 1) affective commitment (31.0%), 2) normative commitment (32.1%), 3)
collegial commitment (53.6%), 4) institutional commitment (30.8%) and 5) overall commitment
(29.6%). While in terms of the high levels of commitment, the faculty and administrators of the
College of Business and Accountancy registered bigger percentage shares in three (3) areas,
namely: continuance (14.3%), normative (25.8%) and collegial commitment (22.6%). The
College of Education generated bigger percentage shares in terms of affective (20.0%) and
overall commitment (20.0%) while the high level of commitment in terms of institutional
commitment (23.9%) could be traced to the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Nursing
14.3
Eng'g
61.9
29.6
23.8
66.7
3.7
Low
Educ
20
60
20
Average
High
CBA
9.7
CAS
13.1
0%
20%
72.6
17.7
71
15.9
40%
60%
80%
100%
all these three components. Furthermore, Kelman (1958, as cited in Iles & Suliman 2000)
argued that the underlying process in which an individual engages when he adopts induced
behavior may be different, even though the resulting overt behavior may appear the same
(p.53). Lawrence (1958 as cited in Randall, 1987), on the other hand said that, ideally, we
would want one sentiment to be dominant in all employees from top to bottom, namely a
complete loyalty to the organizational purpose (p. 208). However, Reichers (1985, as cited in
Iles & Suliman, 2000) maintained that, researchers must ignore the global view of OC and
focus on specific commitments to various entities within the organization. Allen and Meyer
(1990, as cited in Iles & Suliman, 2000) contended that the net sum of a persons commitment
to the organization reflects each of the separable psychological states (affective attachment,
perceived costs and obligation) (p.4). Iles and Suliman (2000) put forward a new look in
commitment-performance relationship saying that, different types of commitment have different
relationships to organizational behavior and that research has consistently demonstrated that
affective, continuance and normative commitments are conceptually and empirically distinct.
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