Organizational Commitment as Mediating Factor of Work Engagement and Performance of Instructors in A Local College

Teachers’ performance is a combination of behaviors, attitudes, and actions in the teaching-learning environment that leads to students meeting their academic objectives. This research aimed to determine whether organizational commitment significantly mediates the relationship between work engagement and the performance of instructors in a local college. A quantitative approach with descriptive and correlational methods was employed. The respondents of the study were the 42 full-time instructors of a local college in Davao del Norte. They were chosen through total population sampling technique. Mean, Pearson-r, regression, and mediation analysis were used to analyze the data, which were obtained using three adapted questionnaires. The findings revealed that work engagement and organizational commitment is high while performance of instructors is very high. It is also found out that there is a significant interrelationship among the three variables. Besides, it was revealed that there is a partial mediation of organizational commitment between work engagement and performance of instructors. The outcome suggests that to achieve a high level of performance, the instructors must be committed. Additionally, the more committed and engaged the instructor in their work is, the more possibilities for instructors to achieve higher performance.