THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK ENVIRONMENT AND TEACHER ENGAGEMENT

This study sought to ascertain organizational commitment's role in moderating the link between the work environment and teacher engagement. Data were collected from 300 respondents who are public elementary school teachers of the public schools in Baganga North and South District, Division of Davao Oriental, Region XI, Philippines, using a quantitative, non-experimental design using a correlational approach. The researcher collected data through a survey method and a universal sampling approach. Additionally, the researcher used the Pearson r, Medgraph employing the Sobel z-test, and mean statistical methods. According to the study's findings, organizational commitment and teacher engagement have very high levels of mean scores, while the work climate has a high level of mean scores. A significant association between organizational commitment and teacher engagement, a significant relationship between organizational commitment and work environment, and a significant relationship between work environment and teacher engagement were also found, according to the data. Further investigation found that the association between the work environment and teacher engagement was fully mediated concerning the impact of organizational commitment. Creating a positive workplace culture would boost teachers' organizational commitment, raising their work engagement in the classroom.