An Examination of the Levels and Differences in Organizational Commitment of Full and Part Time Community College Faculty

Duane Akroyd¹, Deborah Engle²
(1. College of Education, North Carolina State University, USA; 2. School of Medicine, Duke University, USA)

Abstract: Despite the wide spread employment of part-time faculty in community colleges, there is little known about the commitment levels of these faculty, or how it compares to their full-time counterparts. The purpose of this study was to determine if the levels of affective, continuance, and normative commitment for full-time faculty differed significantly from part-time faculty in North Carolina community colleges. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), found that mean scores of affective, and normative commitment were significantly higher for full-time faculty than part-time faculty.

Key words: faculty, community college, organizational commitment, part time faculty