Moderation Effect of Organisational Politics on Organisational Commitment and Teaching Effectiveness
Keywords:
Organisational Commitment, Organisational Politics, Teaching Effectiveness, Private Engineering CollegesAbstract
The teaching effectiveness of a faculty is assessed on various criteria such as professional competencies, student feedback, interpersonal relationships with students and peers, personality of the teacher and last but not least teaching capabilities. There are abundant studies on teaching effectiveness, organisational politics and Organizational Commitment; however this research is the first of its kind to discuss about the relationship and its influence on teaching effectiveness. The researcher has collected the primary data source through structured questionnaire collected from 410 college teachers working in various private engineering colleges operating in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh. Since the study is sought to understand the relationship and influence among the variables, the study adopts descriptive research design. The sample selected from the total population through convenience sampling method in selection of college teachers in collecting the primary data. The results revealed are as follows:
- The research finds positive levels of Organisational Commitment among faculty. However it is observed employees are neutral on organisational politics.
- There is significant relationship between teaching effectiveness, organisational politics and Organisational Commitment.
- The study finds negative relationship of organisational politics with Teaching Effectiveness.
- The study finds insignificant negative moderation effect of organisational politics on organisational commitment and Teaching Effectiveness.
Consequently the study has suggests that organisational politics is one among the organisational variables that influencing teaching effectiveness. The study gives a significant knowledge for managerial action and future direction of research in context of engineering colleges.
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