Komitmen Terhadap Organisasi di Kalangan Guru-Guru Sekolah Rendah Bandar dan Luar Bandar

The purpose of this study is to examine the factors related to organizational commitment among primary school teachers in Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang. The objectives of this study were to investigate a) the relationship between extrinsic reward, intrinsic reward and demography with organizational commitment and the differences of these factors among teachers in rural and urban primary schools b) the differences of organizational commitment among rural and urban primary schools c) the influences of independent variables on organizational commitment.
Three hundred and ten teachers have participated in this study. They represented two localities of primary schools, 165 of them from rural primary schools and 165 from urban primary schools. A set of questionnaires containing 51 items using five points Likert-type scale was applied to measure the teachers' responses. 23 hyphotheses were constructed for this study. Statistical tools such as Pearson Correlation, t-Test and Multiple Regression were used to test hyphotheses.
The results revealed that a) there was significant relationship between task autonomy, task significant, task involvement and organizational commitment b) there was significant different of task significant among rural and urban primary schools c) there was significant relationship between extrinsic reward (salary, promotion, co-workers and work environment) and organizational commitment d) There was a significant difference of salary and satisfaction of work environment among rural and urban primary schools teachers e) There was significant relationship between gender and organizational commitment f) There was a significant different of organizational commitment among rural and urban female primary school teachers g) There was no significant relationship between age and period of services and organizational commitment h) Teachers from rural primary schools showed higher organizational commitment compared to urban primary schools i) Task significance, task involvement, promotion and co-workers showed significant influence on the teachers' organizational commitment.