The effect of teachers' perceived organizational support on their organizational identification: Research in Çankaya district of Ankara

The aim of this study is to analyze the differences between the perceived organizational support and organizational identification levels in terms of demographic and occupational variables; the effect of demographic and occupational variables on the perceived organizational support and organizational identification levels and the relation between the perceived organizational support and the occupational identification and organizational identification of primary and high school teachers working in the Çankaya district of Ankara. Bearing this main goal in mind, the perceived organizational support and the organizational identification levels of teachers, who are frequently and mandatorily appointed due to their husbands' or wives' jobs, not only to their own organization but to their husbands' or wives'organizations are determined and same is compared with the perceived organizational support and the organizational identification levels of the other teachers. The results reveal that teachers' organizational support perception is at moderate level and the organizational and occupational identification is at high level. The results also indicate that there exists a statistically significant and positive relation between their perceived organizational support and organizational and occupational identification levels. In addition, the perceived organizational support and identification levels of frequently-appointed teachers are found to be low. Keywords:Perceived Organizational Support, Organizational Identification, Occupational Identification