Do Job Satisfaction and Demographic Characteristics of Female Teachers influence their Affective Commitment to Schools?

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of ethical leadership on teachers’ job satisfaction, and affective commitment in an education sector. This study proposes that ethical leadership has a significant and positive effect on overall job satisfaction and affective commitme...

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Main Authors: M. Sait Dinc*, Zubeyde Kocyigit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: RU Publications 2017-10-01
Series:European Journal of Educational Research
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Online Access: http://eu-jer.com/EU-JER_6_4_475_Dinc_etal.pdf
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Summary:The main purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of ethical leadership on teachers’ job satisfaction, and affective commitment in an education sector. This study proposes that ethical leadership has a significant and positive effect on overall job satisfaction and affective commitment. Moreover, it suggests that ethical leadership has an influence on overall job satisfaction and affective commitment. In this study, the relationships among the variables were evaluated using correlation, and regression analysis. The results which is based on a sample of 150 teachers from four private schools in Pakistan demonstrate that overall job satisfaction has a significant and positive influence on affective commitment, whereas, marriage as a demographic variable has a positive effect on overall job satisfaction and affective commitment.
ISSN:2165-8714
2165-8714