The relationship among teachers' perceived organizational support, organizational commitment and turnover intention

The primary objective of the current research is to examine the relationship between perceived organizational support, organizational commitment, and turnover intention among primary teachers in Erbil province. The population size of this research includes all primary teachers in Erbil province and they are more than 10,000 teachers. The questionnaire was used for data collection. Out of the total of more than 500 questionnaires distributed among primary teachers randomly, only 380 questionnaires were returned. Out of the 380 filled up forms, two of them were incomplete or the answer did not reliable, so a remaining was only 378 for further data analysis. The response rate depending on the number of the distributed questionnaire was 75.6%. Descriptive and correlation statistics like mean, frequency, percentage, t-test, ANOVA, correlation and regression analyses were used for data analysis. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between teachers' perceived organizational support and organizational commitment (in terms of affective & normative commitment). However, an opposite pattern found between perceived organizational support with continuance commitment and turnover intention. Moreover, affective commitment and normative commitment had a significant negative relationship with turnover intention. On the contrary, continuance commitment had a positive relationship with turnover intention. Finally, regression analysis showed that perceived organizational support and organizational commitment were significant predictors of turnover intention.