International Journal of Research Studies in Management
CollabWritive Special Issue
2023 Volume 11 Issue 9
Available Online: 25 August 2023
Author/s:
Li, Bin
Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas, Philippines
Abstract:
The study aimed to examine the professional development, employee motivation and work commitment among teachers in some universities in China and served as basis in developing a Human Resource Development Plan for teachers. Descriptive design was used in the study as it aimed to cast light on the present issues on professional development, employee motivation and work commitment of teachers. Data were processed to enable to describe the characteristics and behavior of the sample population in the different universities in China. There were 300 teacher respondents from selected universities in China who were selected to participate in the survey. Data were gathered using questionnaire which was self-constructed. Weighted mean and rank were used to describe the professional development as to professional growth, career opportunities, sense of accomplishment, training and mentorship; determine the level of motivation in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic factors; determine the work commitment as to commitment to college/university, commitment to students, commitment to teaching and commitment to profession. Spearman rho was used to test the significant relationship as part of the non-parametric tests. All analyzes were performed using SPSS version 28. Based on the results of the study, college teachers value their professional development and they agreed that professional growth, career opportunities, sense of accomplishment, training and mentorship are all important in their professional development. The teachers agreed that both intrinsic and extrinsic factors can motivate them in performing their teaching and other related tasks. The respondents agreed that they have work commitment toward their college and universities, students, teaching and profession. There is a significant positive correlation among professional development, employee motivation and work commitment among college teachers. A Human Resource Development Plan for Teachers was developed.
Keywords: employee motivation, professional development, work commitment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2023.1123
Cite this article:
Li, B. (2023). Professional development, employee motivation and work commitment: Basis for human resource development plan. International Journal of Research Studies in Management, 11(9), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.5861/ijrsm.2023.1123