*Assistant Professor, Wisdom School of Management, Gomangalampudur, Pollachi (T.K)
** Director, KCT Business School, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore
Online published on 11 July, 2017.
Teachers in higher education play a vital role in molding the future leaders of a nation. India has the third largest higher education system in the world. Various researches have thrown light into the areas of the commitment of teachers in higher education. This study attempts to study the professional commitment of teachers in higher education institutions, affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. It also aims to find out the influence of personal variables like Age, Education, Designation, Gender and Total years of service in the institution on PC. Meyer and Allen's (1993) model of Professional commitment advocates the APC, CPC and NPC dimensions of PC across which this study measures the PC of teachers. Data was collected from 536 teachers in Arts and science colleges. Multiple regression and F test are used to analyze the data. It was found that the personal variables have an influence on the Professional commitment of teachers in Higher education.
(APC-Affective Professional Commitment, CPC-Continuance Professional Commitment, Dimensions, NPC-Normative Professional Commitment, PC-Professional Commitment.)
