THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY WORK LIFE (QWL) AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT (OC) AMONG TEACHERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Abstract
This research is aimed to study the relationship between quality work life and organizational commitment among primary school teachers in Kuala Lumpur. A population of 40 teachers from Sekolah Kebangsaan Datuk Keramat 2 and 40 teachers from Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Gurney 1 were selected as respondents. The data in this research were collected through questionnaires containing demographics, quality work life dimensions and organizational commitment aspects. After that, the data analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). To achieve the objective of this research, descriptive analysis, mean score and Pearson correlation were used. The finding  discover the level of quality work life in Sekolah Kebangsaan Datuk Keramat 2 is high while Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Gurney 1 showed moderate level. The level of organizational commitment showed moderate level. Meanwhile, the relationship between quality work life and organizational commitment in Sekolah Kebangsaan Datuk Keramat 2 showed no significant correlation while Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Gurney 1 showed moderate correlation. There is a weak significant correlation between quality work life and organizational commitment among teachers in primary school in Kuala Lumpur. This shows that quality work life have small effects on the teachers’ organizational commitment.
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