Psychological Development and Education ›› 2005, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 48-51.

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Teacher Organizational Commitment Construct: Confirmatory Factor Analysis

SHONG Ai-hong, CAI Yong-hong   

  1. School of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2005-04-15 Published:2005-04-15

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Abstract: The research objective was to investigate the psychological structure of the organizational commitment among the Chinese middle school teachers.A survey questionnaire was designed on the basis of semi-structured interview,data collection and scientific analysis.Confirmatory factor analysis was employed to test the construct of teacher organizational commitment,reasonable fit was demonstrated in a geographically diverse sample of 278 teachers according to five measures of overall fit:χ2/df、TLI、CFI、IFI、RMSEA.In accordance with the factor analysis of the organizational commitment among the Chinese middle school teachers,a 4-factor model was discovered,including affective commitment,normative commitment,ideal commitment and involvement commitment.

Key words: teacher organizational commitment, teacher organizational commitment construct, confirmatory factor analysis

CLC Number: 

  • G451.7
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