Organisational commitments and teaching styles among academics in mainland China |
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| Authors: | Li-Fang Zhang Li-Zhen Jing |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Konglfzhang@hku.hk;3. School of Foreign Studies, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | This research pioneered the investigation of the predictive power of organisational commitments for academics’ teaching styles. Participants were 370 faculty members from 15 higher educational institutions in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China. Results showed that academics’ organisational commitments as measured by the Organisational Commitment Inventory statistically significantly predicted their teaching styles as assessed by the Thinking Styles in Teaching Inventory over and above their gender, age, taught academic discipline and academic rank. Practical implications of the findings are proposed for academics and for university senior managers. |
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| Keywords: | organisational commitments teaching styles university academics mainland China |
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