INDIVIDUAL WORK ORIENTATION AND TEACHER OUTCOMES

In this study I analyzed the relationship among teacher work orientation, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction of public-school teachers. Personal and organizational attributes such as age, tenure, school size, and gender were analyzed to assess their contribution in explaining teachers’ organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Using survey research methodology, I randomly surveyed 150 public-school teachers from districts in a midwestern state. Multivariate analysis procedures were used to analyze the data. Results of the study indicated that work orientation was related to the degree of job satisfaction among teachers. Apparently, organizational commitment was not related to the type of work orientation that teachers held. These findings have substantive and theoretical implications. For school administrators, these findings may provide information on how different value orientations affect teachers’ productivity. © 1990 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.