Exploring the Effect of Job Satisfaction on Organizational Commitment of the University Teachers

Abstract: The aim of this research work is to learn about teacher’s attitude towards the educational institutions. This research work will evaluate two factors related to organizational/professional commitment of University teachers in Mathura District. The population for this study includes the samples of 150 teachers, teaching in the university systems who are the respondents utilized to determine these two factors Job-satisfaction and Self-efficacy, the components of Job-commitment. In order to identify the variables, the systematic random sampling method was undertaken to select the sample for this study. A well structured questionnaire was used by the researcher to conduct the survey, which was devised after taking the references from a variety of related studies conducted by different researchers in past. A comprehensive ‘Reliability-analysis’ was performed along with correlation, and regression analysis in SPSS. The result thus obtained indicates a noteworthy connection between the work satisfaction and commitment of the university teachers, which strengthened the hypothesis that the increase in work satisfaction tends to increase the commitment of the university teachers towards their organization. It is recommended that teacher’s operational environment should be enhanced, and they should be given more incentives and better remuneration package in comparison to previous to enhance their satisfaction.