Linking teacher empowerment with organizational commitment, professional commitment and organizational citizenship behavior

The current study seeks to further elaborate the connection between teacher empowerment and their exhibition of organization citizenship behavior, professional commitment, and their commitment to the organization. It studies the dimensions of teacher empowerment which when present predict the three outcomes. A questionnaire distributed among a sample of 230 intermediate and secondary school teachers in Pakistan was used to collect data. Pearson correlation and regression analysis have shown a strong correlation between teachers' perception of their empowerment and their commitment to their organization, teaching, and their display of organization citizenship behavior. Among the six dimensions of empowerment it was found that self-efficacy and status best predicted professional and organizational commitment and that these along with decision making best predicted organization citizenship behaviors. The significance of our research is described in terms of policy-makers, administrators, and teachers.