Year: 2021 | Month: April | Volume 12 | Issue 1
A Study of Professional Commitment among Secondary School Teachers in Relation to Self-Esteem, Gender and Length of Service
Mohd Hatim
Mohd Shakir
DOI:10.30954/2230-7311.1.2021.4
Abstract:
This paper is related to the professional commitment among secondary school teachers. The purpose of present research was to study the relationship between professional commitment and self-esteem of secondary school teachers. Survey method is adopted for the present study. A sample of 136 secondary school teachers (63 Male & 73 Female) was selected from the Aligarh District of Uttar Pradesh. Self-esteem questionnaire developed by Dr. Santosh Dhar and Dr. Upinder Dhar is used to assess the level of self-esteem. Professional commitment questionnaire developed by Ravinder Kaur, Sarbjit Kaur Ranu and Sarvjeet Kaur Brar is used to assess the level of professional commitment of teachers. Mean, SD, t-test & correlation techniques are employed to analyze the data. Significant correlation was found between professional commitment and self-esteem of teachers. However, no significant difference was found in the professional commitment and self-esteem of male and female teachers. Also, there was no significant difference in the professional commitment and self-esteem of teachers having less than 10 years experience and teachers having more than 10 years experience. Therefore, it is better to enhance self-esteem of teachers to ensure higher level of professional commitment.
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