Occupational stress and gender as indicators of organizational commitment among secondary school teachers

The present study was undertaken to examine the organizational commitment of secondary school teachers in relation to occupational stress and gender. Organizational commitment was treated as dependent variable whereas occupational stress (high occupational stress and low occupational stress) and gender (Male and Female) were treated as independent variables. Descriptive survey method was employed for the present study. A sample of 350 teachers was taken using multi-stage random sampling technique. Organizational commitment Scale by Hyde and Roy (2006) and Teachers Occupational Stress Scale by Jamal and Raheem (2012) were used to collect the data. Two-Way ANOVA with 2x2 factorial designs was used to analyze the data. Levene's Test of Homogeneity of Variance was also applied to test the assumptions of homogeneity of variance for ANOVA. There was found a significant main effect of occupational stress; and gender on Organizational commitment of secondary school teachers. No significant interaction effect of occupational stress and gender was reported on organizational commitment of secondary school teachers. The study also expressed the need to strengthen the organizational commitment of teachers by motivating them and providing them better working conditions so as to channelize their capabilities.