Gender, Age, and Work Experience as Predictors of Teachers’ Organizational Commitment

Abstract

Teachers' organizational commitment contributes to the success of educational aspirations. In determining teachers’ commitment, it is important to consider demographic variables that might influence it. Hence, this study aimed to examine the impact of gender, age, and work experience on the organizational commitment of teachers. Using the Raosoft calculator, the researchers selected 150 public secondary teachers as respondents to rate the adopted questionnaire with demographic data. Employing a quantitative non-experimental research design with multiple regression analysis, the researchers described the relationship of the variables. Findings revealed a high level of teachers’ organizational commitment, with affective commitment as the highest. In terms of significant relationships, teachers’ organizational commitment and gender were found to be weak positive and statistically insignificant. On the other hand, teacher’s organizational commitment and age were found to have a weak negative and statistically significant relationship. Moreover, teachers’ organizational commitment and work experience were found to be weak positive and statistically significant. Further, the results of regression showed that gender, age and work experience are responsible for a 10.2% variation in teachers' organizational commitment. This means that there were still 89.8% of the variations that occurred in teachers' organizational commitment that could be explained by other factors not covered in this study. Generally, the predictors in the model are age and work experience, while gender does not have the ability to predict a teacher's organizational commitment. With these findings, teachers are encouraged to increase or sustain their commitment and avoid gender stereotypes. Future researchers might also study the other 89.8% variations that might influence teachers’ organizational commitment by focusing on other factors such as promotion, salary, benefits, designations, and the like.