Cover Image

The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished?

This paper discusses findings of a study investigating the changes in psychosocial profiles of secondary school teachers in Selangor. The study involved 304 teachers from 16 secondary schools in Selangor. Data were collected through questionnaires consisting of items measuring changes in teachers’ c...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Md Nor, Sharifah, Roslan, Samsilah, Mahyuddin, Rahil
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Common Ground Publishing 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17351/1/The%20teacher%20commitment%20and%20motivation.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17351/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.17351
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.173512015-10-23T03:28:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17351/ The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished? Md Nor, Sharifah Roslan, Samsilah Mahyuddin, Rahil This paper discusses findings of a study investigating the changes in psychosocial profiles of secondary school teachers in Selangor. The study involved 304 teachers from 16 secondary schools in Selangor. Data were collected through questionnaires consisting of items measuring changes in teachers’ commitment, motivation and burnout levels. Frequencies, t-test and correlations were the main statistical tools employed. The findings revealed that generally there are significant changes in the current teachers’ commitment and motivation compared to their commitment and motivation in the past. There are negative changes in teachers’ motivation and commitment and an increase in teachers’ burnout levels. Teachers attribute the negative changes mainly to the increase in work load, and the positive changes to their personal development. The findings suggest that there is much to be done to increase teachers’ commitment and motivation and to reduce teachers’ burnout. It is highlighted that teachers’ work load is the main factor that needs improvement. Common Ground Publishing 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17351/1/The%20teacher%20commitment%20and%20motivation.pdf Md Nor, Sharifah and Roslan, Samsilah and Mahyuddin, Rahil (2009) The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished? International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 4 (10). pp. 103-120. ISSN 1833-1882 English
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
English
description This paper discusses findings of a study investigating the changes in psychosocial profiles of secondary school teachers in Selangor. The study involved 304 teachers from 16 secondary schools in Selangor. Data were collected through questionnaires consisting of items measuring changes in teachers’ commitment, motivation and burnout levels. Frequencies, t-test and correlations were the main statistical tools employed. The findings revealed that generally there are significant changes in the current teachers’ commitment and motivation compared to their commitment and motivation in the past. There are negative changes in teachers’ motivation and commitment and an increase in teachers’ burnout levels. Teachers attribute the negative changes mainly to the increase in work load, and the positive changes to their personal development. The findings suggest that there is much to be done to increase teachers’ commitment and motivation and to reduce teachers’ burnout. It is highlighted that teachers’ work load is the main factor that needs improvement.
format Article
author Md Nor, Sharifah
Roslan, Samsilah
Mahyuddin, Rahil
spellingShingle Md Nor, Sharifah
Roslan, Samsilah
Mahyuddin, Rahil
The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished?
author_facet Md Nor, Sharifah
Roslan, Samsilah
Mahyuddin, Rahil
author_sort Md Nor, Sharifah
title The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished?
title_short The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished?
title_full The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished?
title_fullStr The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished?
title_full_unstemmed The teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished?
title_sort teacher commitment and motivation : have they diminished?
publisher Common Ground Publishing
publishDate 2009
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17351/1/The%20teacher%20commitment%20and%20motivation.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17351/
_version_ 1643826490248265728
score 13.211869

Similar Items