The Quality of Work Life and Organizational Commitment among Female Public Elementary School Teachers in Select Schools in Bauan District, Division of Batangas Province

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Quality of work life refers to the level of happiness or dissatisfaction with one's career. Those who enjoy their careers are said to have a high quality of work life, while those who are unhappy or whose needs are otherwise unfilled are said to have a low quality of work life. This study aimed to assess the quality of work life and organizational commitment among female public elementary school teachers in select schools in Bauan Batangas Province and explore as to what scale the teachers are committed to their organization based on their quality of work life.

METHODS

A descriptive research design was used and carried out on 80 public elementary school teachers from selected schools in Bauan District. The following statistical tools were used in confirming the research questions: frequency, percentage, weighted mean, and Linear Regression.

RESULTS

The findings of the study indicated that the respondents' quality of work life had a significant positive effect on organizational commitment in terms of safety and health working conditions, immediate opportunity to use and develop human capacities and future opportunity for continued growth and security. There is no significant difference in the quality of work life of the respondents in terms of age and salary grade but significant in terms of length of service and civil status except for future opportunity for continued growth and security.

DISCUSSIONS

The results revealed the need for school manager to design and implement appropriate initiatives to improve quality of work life as the key to attract and retain qualified and motivated employees and can possibly lead to enhanced quality of services in the organization. Schools should provide all teachers with self-assessment tools for them to be aware and understand the effect of organizational commitment to quality of work life. School Heads/Principals should include in the Priority Improvement Areas (PIA's) related trainings on the enhancement of organizational commitment and quality of work life in the School Improvement Plan (SIP).