Predictors of Organizational Commitment for Faculty and Administrators of a Private Christian University

Abstract

Faculty and administrators of a private Christian university responded to measures of overall, intrinsic, and extrinsic job satisfaction as well as organizational and religious commitment. The survey measured responses on a five-point Likert-type scale. Data were statistically analyzed by using descriptive statistics and factor analysis. Results revealed a six-predictor model that explained 55.6% of the variance of organizational commitment for faculty. Significant predictors included organizational policy and administration, work itself, religious commitment, salary, working conditions, and achievement. A five-predictor model explained 70.8% of the variance of organizational commitment for administrators with the following predictors included: growth, religious commitment, responsibility, job security, and relations with students.

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Org policy & admin, Organizational policy and administration.

Org policy & admin, Organizational policy and administration; R² = .556, F_{(6, 188)} = 39.173, p = 0.000.

R ² = .708, F _{(5, 39)} = 18.927, p = 0.000.

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RALPH SCHRODER

Ralph Schroder, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Educational Psychology and Coordinator of the School Psychology program at Andrews University. His professional interests are in the areas of organizational psychology and projective testing, as well as cognitive and biological psychology.