Psychometric Properties of the Arabic version of Organizational Commitment Questionnaire-Revised (OCQ-R) in Educational Settings

Authors

  • Marwa Abd-Alazim Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences, College of the Education for the Humanities, University of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq Author
  • Mohammad Looti Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences, College of the Education for the Humanities, University of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq Author
  • Mahmoud Q. Mubdir Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences, College of the Education for the Humanities, University of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59675/S221

Keywords:

Commitment, Loyalty, Organization, Workplace, Employment

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ, Revised Version of Meyer, Allen & Smith, 1993) in the Iraqi cultural context. The translation and adaptation process involved forward and backward translation of the OCQ-R. A pilot study was conducted on a sample of 42 teachers to test the cross-language validity of the English and Arabic versions of the OCQ, and a significant correlation (r=.722, p<.000) was found between the original and adapted versions of the OCQ-R. In the next step, the Arabic version of the OCQ-R was administered to a sample of 302 teachers from schools of Kerbala, Iraq, with an age range of 25-51 years (M=38.5 & SD=6.12). The reliability of the OCQ-R was established through Cronbach’s Alpha=.84, on a sample of 302 teachers. The results indicated that the Arabic version of the OCQ-R is a reliable instrument for assessing teacher’s organizational commitment in the Iraqi culture

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Marwa Abd-Alazim, Mohammad Looti, & Mahmoud Q. Mubdir. (2024). Psychometric Properties of the Arabic version of Organizational Commitment Questionnaire-Revised (OCQ-R) in Educational Settings. Academic International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2(2), 01-10. https://doi.org/10.59675/S221