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Factors Affecting Organizational Factors Affecting Commitment Among Teachers in Egyptian Organizational Commitment Public Primary Schools Among Teachers in Egyptian Since its emergence in 1960, the concept of “organizational commitment” has gained momentum in behavioural and organizational sciences. The Public Primary Schools importance of this concept pertains to its ability to provide explanations for employee absenteeism, turnover, misuse of authority, low performance levels and employee discontinuity with their organizations. This thesis Mohamed Mousa focused on the public education system in a leading Middle Eastern country (Egypt) and employed both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore “the main factors affecting teacher organizational commitment”. Fifty semi-structured interviews were conducted and 750 usable questionnaire forms were collected. From the analysis of the interviews, it appeared that workplace spirituality, cultural diversity, organizational culture, uncertainty, and organizational cynicism were found to play a major role in shaping teacher organizational commitment. Furthermore, and based on statistical analysis, it appeared that only cultural diversity challenges, traits of organizational culture, and dimensions of organizational cynicism fully affect the approaches of organizational commitment, whereas uncertainty types and workplace spirituality dimensions partly affect them. Estonian Business School, Lauteri 3, Tallinn Copyright: Mohamed Mousa 2017 ISBN: 978-9949-9872-6-9 Doctoral Thesis in Management No. 27 Tallinn 2017 Estonian Business School FACTORS AFFECTING ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG TEACHERS IN EGYPTIAN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Mohamed Mousa Tallinn, 2017 The Estonian Business School, Estonia Dissertation is accepted for the defence of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Management by the Research Council of Estonian Business School on June 19, 2017. Supervisors: Professor Ruth Alas, Ph. D., Chair of Management, Estonian Business School, Estonia Professor Riina Koris, Estonian Business School, Estonia Opponents: Professor dr. Vilmante Kumpikaite-Valiuniene Kaunas University of Technology Maris Zernand-Vilson, PhD Tallinn University of Technology Public Commencement on January 11, 2018 in Estonian Business School, Lauteri 3, Tallinn. Language editor: Michael Haagensen Copyright: Mohamed Mousa, 2017 978-9949-9872-6-9 978-9949-9872-7-6 (pdf) EBS Print, Lauteri 3, Tallinn DEDICATION OF THE THESIS To the soul of my grandfather whom I wish could have attended the discussion of my thesis. 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This thesis would not have been possible without the incredible support and encouragement provided by several people. First among these is my supervisor, Professor Ruth Alas, who has encouraged me to design a proper structure and content for my thesis, helped me in preparing my questionnaire, and supported me with highly professional feedback, understanding and encouragement. Second are Professor Olav Aarna and professor Riina Koris who gave me feedback on several occasions on how to improve the abstract and the research process of my thesis. Thirdly, I was incredibly fortunate to know some other experts, such as Hala Abdelgaff ar, international IELTS examiner and trainer at IDP Egypt and senior instructor at the American University in Cairo. She met with me on a number of occasions, added more value to my questionnaire and provided insightful comments about the results of my study. All have sharpened my analytical skills and added depth to my research outcomes. Their advice, feedback and support have been more helpful than they may have realized. They have contributed to taking this thesis to a scholarly standard. Finally, I can say that I am responsible for any errors in my thesis. Thank you all. 5 CONTENTS LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES 9 LIST OF TABLES 10 LIST OF FIGURES 10 1. INTRODUCTION 17 2. ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT 21 2.1 Theory of organizational commitment 21 2.2 Overview of studies on organizational commitment 23 2.3 Factors aff ecting organizational commitment 25 3. RESEARCH PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY 41 3.1 The research process 41 3.2 Sample 47 3.3 Models used in the research process 49 4. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION 51 4.1 Summary of the research questions 51 4.2 Conclusion 55 4.3 Contributions to theory 56 4.4 Implications for managers 58 4.5 Limitations and directions for future research 59 5. REFERENCES 61 6. PUBLICATIONS 69 7. Appendices 201 7
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