The Influence of Gender on the Teachers' Degree of Organizational Commitment in Arab Schools in Israel

Fathi Mohsen Shamma

doi:10.12691/education-6-4-8

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify the impact of gender on the degree of the organizational commitment among the Arab schools' teachers in Israel. The study sample consisted of (250) male and female teachers in the Arab schools in Israel; to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the analytical, descriptive approach where he prepared a questionnaire as a tool for data collection from the members of the study sample. After conducting the appropriate statistical methods, the researcher in this study concluded the following results: there is a very great degree in the level of the organizational commitment among the teachers in the Arab schools in Israel, there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (a=0.05) for the degree of the level of the organizational commitment among the teachers in the Arab schools in Israel from their perspective according to the impact of gender, According to the results, the study recommended the need to maintain and strengthen this degree through continuing and preserving this status and conducting studies on the organizational commitment and its relationship to other demographic variables, such as the educational level, the educational stage, and the type of school.

Highlights

Organizational commitment is one of the most important indicators of human behavior that is characterized by complexity, which includes all processes as well as intellectual, motor, emotional and social activities, where individuals do to compliment and adapt the environment he lives in, satisfy his needs, and solve his problems.Researchers have concentrated their effort in management science on the human resource by studying its behavior and trying to influence this behavior as it is the main element that helps organizations to achieve the desired goals
The results showed that organizational commitment is not affected by gender
The answer to the first question of the study, which states: What is the level of organizational commitment of teachers in Arab schools in Israel from their point of view?

Summary

Introduction

Organizational commitment is one of the most important indicators of human behavior that is characterized by complexity, which includes all processes as well as intellectual, motor, emotional and social activities, where individuals do to compliment and adapt the environment he lives in, satisfy his needs, and solve his problems. Researchers have concentrated their effort in management science on the human resource by studying its behavior and trying to influence this behavior as it is the main element that helps organizations to achieve the desired goals. It requires the best choice of the teacher and follow-up, development, to appear at its best, empowering him and his integrity, honesty and commitment [6]

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