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School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools

Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/69877 School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools Omidire, Margaret Funke u15264549@tuks.co.za Human-Vogel, Salome Adewusi, Adeniran Gregory UCTD School climate Teacher commitment Secondary schools Educational leadership Teacher motivation Job satisfaction School management Teacher retention Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-16 Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2018. The overarching purpose of the present study was to examine school climate dimensions and organisational teacher commitment with the hope of understanding the functionality of schools taking cognisance of poor performance of learners in the annual matric examination in South Africa. The study was underpropped by adopting the theoretical framework by Meyer and Allen (1997); Meyer, Morin, and Wasti (2017), Tri-Component Commitment Model (TCCM) in gaining an insight about work environment (school climate) and organisational behaviour (teacher commitment). The study assumed a qualitative interpretivist-paradigm and a phenomenological research design. I made a convenient and purposive selection of nine Grade 12 teachers from the three Education Districts in Tshwane Education Districts of Gauteng Province. The criteria for selection was premised on teachers with teaching qualification(s), teachers teaching Grade 12 terminal class and teachers with at least two years of teaching experience in Tshwane Education Districts. Data collection was through a semi-structured interview, observation field notes and reflective research journal, and a thematic analysis was employed for data analysis. Four themes emerged in the present study due to the thematic analysis together with interpretation. Theme one: Concept of collegial leadership relates to the organisational leadership of the school principal with respect of organisational justices (procedural, distributive and interactional justice) and teacher commitment. Theme two: Professional teacher behavioural patterns emphasises anticipated teacher professional behaviour and commitment taking note of the contemporary development and challenges of education, particularly in the South African context. Theme three: Learner achievement press features discusses varied learner achievement challenges and the extent to which learners exhibit academic prowess initiated by the concerted efforts of school leadership, teachers, learners and parents. Theme four: Level of parental influence on institutional vulnerability, this expresses the extent of school vulnerability on teacher commitment from the school community, parental school involvement, social economic status and parental learner guidance. For recommendation purposes, this study reveals that policy makers, educationists, psychologists, parents and learners could have access to an informed knowledge about the object of inquiry in the present study. Contribution, limitations and recommendations for possible future research were equally addressed. es2026 Educational Psychology PhD Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2019-06-02T11:39:21Z 2019-06-02T11:39:21Z 2019/04/16 2018 Thesis Adewusi, AG 2018, School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69877> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69877 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle UCTD
School climate
Teacher commitment
Secondary schools
Educational leadership
Teacher motivation
Job satisfaction
School management
Teacher retention
Education theses SDG-04
Education theses SDG-08
Education theses SDG-16
School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools
title School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools
title_full School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools
title_fullStr School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools
title_full_unstemmed School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools
title_short School climate and teachers' organizational commitment in high schools
title_sort school climate and teachers organizational commitment in high schools
topic UCTD
School climate
Teacher commitment
Secondary schools
Educational leadership
Teacher motivation
Job satisfaction
School management
Teacher retention
Education theses SDG-04
Education theses SDG-08
Education theses SDG-16
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69877