Professional development, employee motivation and work commitment: Basis for human resource development plan
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
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.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.
Author: Bin Li
Institution: Lyceum of the Philippines University – Batangas
Language: English
Subfield: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4385785288