THE GUIDELINES FOR ENHANCING ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF TEACHERSUNDER THE OFFICE OF UDON THANI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the actual states, expected states, and needs of enhancing organizational commitment of teachers, and 2) to find guidelines for enhancing teacher organizational commitment of teachers under the Office of Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area. The research was carried out in 2 phases as follows: Phase 1 studied the actual states, expected states, and needs of enhancing organizational commitment of teachers under the Office of Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area. The sample group used was 364 teachers, obtained by stratified random sampling. The research instrument were 5-level rating scales questionnaire with 0.920 actual states reliability and 0.953 expected states reliability. The statistics used were mean, standard deviation and prioritization of needs. and Phase 2: find ways to enhance organizational commitment of teacher under the Office of Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area. Information provider was 12 experts. The research instrument was a semi-structured interview. Data were analyzed using content analysis. The results of this research showed that: 1. The actual states of teachers’ organizational commitment under the Office of Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area were at the low level, expected states were at the high level, and needs were first order was the behavioral aspect, the mental aspect, followed by the mental aspect and the faith aspect in last. 2. The guidelines for enhancing teacher commitment under the Office of Udon Thani Primary Educational Service Area had 29 guidelines which consisted of 1) faith, 5 ways 2) dedication, 5 ways 3) loyalty, 3 ways 4) behavior, 5 ways 5) mental, 3 ways 6) 7) Persistence, 4 approaches and 7) Norm, 4 approaches. All approaches are helpful. Possibility, suitability and validity covered at the highest level with every aspect and every way.