ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, JOB SATISFACTION AND PERFORMANCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SUBJECT SPECIALISTS AND LECTURERS

Abstract

This study attempts to compare the organizational commitment, job satisfaction and performance of Subject Specialists and Lecturers. The study was comparative in nature. All the Subject Specialists of 79 government higher secondary schools and all the Lecturers of 69 government colleges of Sargodha Division were the population of the current study. Cluster stratified proportional simple random sampling technique was used to select sample. Two questionnaires were used to measure organizational commitment and job satisfaction. To determine performance, three years (2012-2014) annual results of all the government higher secondary schools and government colleges of Sargodha Division were analysed. Questionnaires were validated through expert opinion and field testing. Alpha values for Organizational Commitment Scale (OCS) and Job Satisfaction Scale (JSS) were 0.84 and 0.85 respectively. Total 515 (155 Subject Specialists and 360 Lecturers) questionnaires were distributed. Total response rate of the respondents was 86%. Response rate of Subject Specialists was 90% and Lecturers’ 84%. Data were analysed using mean score, percentage and independent sample t-test. The results of the study showed that Subject specialist have higher level of organizational commitment than Lecturers. Both Subject Specialist and Lecturers have same level of job satisfaction. Performance of subject Specialists was better than Lecturers.