Effects of stay‐back on teachers’ professional commitment

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of stay‐back on teachers’ professional commitment, in order to develop an effective means to measure teachers’ commitment to the teaching profession which, according to various studies, contributes to “quality education”. Other possible factors, such as age, gender, marital status, tenure, educational level and position, were also studied. Suggestions on ways to increase commitment, based on the statistical findings, were also made. The results of causal‐comparative, correlation and multiple regression analyses revealed that stay‐back was the one factor which was found to be the most highly and significantly related to commitment. Apart from educational stay‐back, marital status, age and tenure were also proved to relate significantly to commitment. In this research, the accuracy and reliability of the stay‐back data were improved through adjustment for a secondary analysis.

Citation

Hung, A. and Liu, J. (1999), "Effects of stay‐back on teachers’ professional commitment", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 13 No. 5, pp. 226-241. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513549910286585