The Level of Organizational Commitment of Secondary School Teachers in the Education Directorate of the First Zarqa District from their Point of View

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of organizational commitment of secondary school teachers in Zarqa Governorate from their point of view, and to determine whether there were differences in the mean responses of the study sample subjects due to gender, years of experience, specialization, and academic qualification. The sample of the study consisted of (330) male and female teachers in public secondary schools in the Directorate of Education for the First Zarqa District. The researcher used the descriptive survey methodology. A questionnaire was developed, and its validity and reliability were verified. The results showed that the level of organizational commitment of teachers in public secondary schools affiliated to the Directorate of Education for the Zarqa First District, from their viewpoint, was moderate. There were no statistically significant differences between the means of teachers ’answers in public secondary schools in the Education Directorate of the Zarqa First District due to variables: gender, educational qualification, and specialization, but there were differences due to years of experience, and in favor of teachers who had experience amounting to (less than 5 years). The study recommended the necessity of reconsidering the moral and material incentives provided to the teacher.