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TEACHERS EMPOWERMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT A PERCEIVED PERSPECTIVE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN PUNJAB

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).12      10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).12      Published : Jun 2022

Teachers' Empowerment and Organisational Commitment: A Perceived Perspective of Secondary School Teachers in Punjab

Abstract

    This paper deemed a purpose to navigate the perception and to investigate the relationship between public secondary school teachers' empowerment and their organizational commitment. The secondary teachers of Punjab province working at public schools were the population of the study. The sample size was 1200 teachers who were selected randomly from the Punjab secondary school. 1103 teachers sent back filled questionnaires that were a reasonable return rate of 92 percent. The mean, frequency and Pearson correlation were the statistical techniques used to analyze data. The findings of the study showed that teachers of secondary education perceived empowerment along with organizational commitment. Both the variables also had a strong positive correlation. So, it was recommended that teachers' empowerment and organizational commitment should be included in the training.

    Teachers' Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, Secondary School Teachers

    (1) Noor Mohammad
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Sajid Mahmood Sajid
    Ph. D (Graduate), IER, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Jamil
    Lecturer, GC Women University Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Mohammad, N., Sajid, S. M., & Jamil, M. (2022). Teachers' Empowerment and Organisational Commitment: A Perceived Perspective of Secondary School Teachers in Punjab. Global Regional Review, VII(II), 127-135. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).12

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Mohammad, Noor, Sajid Mahmood Sajid, and Muhammad Jamil. 2022. "Teachers' Empowerment and Organisational Commitment: A Perceived Perspective of Secondary School Teachers in Punjab." Global Regional Review, VII (II): 127-135 doi: 10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).12

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MOHAMMAD, N., SAJID, S. M. & JAMIL, M. 2022. Teachers' Empowerment and Organisational Commitment: A Perceived Perspective of Secondary School Teachers in Punjab. Global Regional Review, VII, 127-135.

MHRA

    MHRA : Mohammad, Noor, Sajid Mahmood Sajid, and Muhammad Jamil. 2022. "Teachers' Empowerment and Organisational Commitment: A Perceived Perspective of Secondary School Teachers in Punjab." Global Regional Review, VII: 127-135

MLA

    MLA : Mohammad, Noor, Sajid Mahmood Sajid, and Muhammad Jamil. "Teachers' Empowerment and Organisational Commitment: A Perceived Perspective of Secondary School Teachers in Punjab." Global Regional Review, VII.II (2022): 127-135 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Mohammad, Noor, Sajid, Sajid Mahmood, and Jamil, Muhammad (2022), "Teachers' Empowerment and Organisational Commitment: A Perceived Perspective of Secondary School Teachers in Punjab", Global Regional Review, VII (II), 127-135

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Mohammad, Noor, Sajid Mahmood Sajid, and Muhammad Jamil. "Teachers' Empowerment and Organisational Commitment: A Perceived Perspective of Secondary School Teachers in Punjab." Global Regional Review VII, no. II (2022): 127-135. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).12