ACADEMIC MOTIVATION LEVEL AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIAL STUDIES AMONG PUBLIC SCHOOL SECONDARY STUDENTS IN ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY PHILIPPINES

In a Social Studies, students' academic motivation and attitudes will be useful to their academic progress. If a student is enthusiastic about a subject, he or she will do better in class and learn faster. There have been a lot of studies that have looked into students' academic motivation and attitudes toward social studies, but there does not appear to be any study that focuses on the learners themselves. This quantitative study aims to determine the level of academic motivation as well as the attitude toward social studies of 458 secondary students from public schools using the Academic Motivation Scale High School Version and Secondary Students Attitudes Towards Social Studies Scale. It also looked at whether there was a significant difference in academic motivation and attitude toward social studies when respondents were sorted by gender. Finally, it investigates the link between academic motivation and attitude towards social studies. Students are found to be "highly motivated" in terms of academic motivation and have a “positive attitude” toward social studies, according to the findings. Furthermore, when respondents were divided into gender groups, no significant differences in academic motivation and attitude toward social studies were found. Finally, academic motivation and attitude toward social studies show a significant favorable relationship.

Impact of Big Five Personality Traits on Organizational Commitment in University Academia of Pakistan

The purpose of the present study is to examine the impact of personality traits (big five) on organizational commitment (affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment). Respondents of the present study constituted University academia from three public sector Universities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Multiple regression analysis was performed to test the hypotheses. Results identified the significant impact of agreeableness towards the development of affective commitment and continuance commitment; however, insignificant association was recognized between agreeableness and normative commitment. Results of the study also indicated that conscientiousness and extraversion have profound impact towards all three types of organizational commitment. Neuroticism was found to be significantly associated with only affective commitment. And openness to experience contributed towards the development of affective commitment and normative commitment. Inclusion of big five personality analysis during recruitment test of employees will help human resource department towards the selection of committed work force. Moreover, findings of the study also provides insights for developing policies regarding performance appraisal, training, coaching and mentoring to enhance organizational commitment and retain required employees with different personality traits. The theoretical contribution of this study rests in its comprehensive approach enclosing impact all big five personality traits towards three components of organizational commitment in the context of University academia of Southern Punjab.