FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE EDUCATON SUPERVISOR’S PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE BASIC EDUCATION COMMISSION
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This research aimed to explore the factors of education supervisor’s professional commitment under the Office of the Basic Education Commission by using the exploratory research methodology. The sample of this research was 430 supervisors under the Office of the Basic Education Commission obtained from multi-stage random sampling technique. The data was collected by using a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with a reliability coefficient by Cronbach's Alpha () at 0.985 of 84 items. Exploratory factor analysis was used to analyze the data. Then extracted components by Principal component analysis and orthogonally rotated components axis with Varimax rotation method. The result showed that the component of Supervisor’s professional commitment under the Office of the Basic Education Commission consists of six components: 1) a desire to maintain professional membership, 2) undiscourage for working difficulties, 3) recognize to the professional value system, 4) participation in professional activities, 5) dedication of physical energy, and 6) prepare for obstacle from work all of these components were able to explain the variance of supervisor’s professional commitment under the Office of the Basic Education Commission at 68.390 percent.
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