Title:

Validation of Teacher Commitment Scale: A Study among Primary School Teachers in

Sarawak, Malaysia

This questionnaire focuses on obtaining the views of respondents from primary school
teachers in Sarawak, Malaysia on the study entitled ‘Validation of Teacher Commitment
Scale: A Study among Primary School Teachers in Sarawak, Malaysia’.

We would be very grateful if you could spare some time off your busy schedule to answer
this questionnaire and return it back to the researchers. This survey should take
approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Your feedback and information given will remain confidential within reasonable limits and
will only be used for analysis purposes only. Participation is anonymous and completely
voluntary. You can leave at any time during the study without giving a reason or skip any
questions you do not wish to answer.

Thank you for your participation.

Instruction: This questionnaire consists of two (2) sections. Please read each question
carefully. Select the most appropriate response for each of the following questions.

Section A: Demographic Profile

Q1. Gender
🌕 Female
🌕 Male

Q2. School Type

🌕 Urban
🌕 Rural

Q3. Race
🌕 Bumiputra
🌕 Malay
🌕 Chinese
🌕 Indian
🌕 Others

Q4. Religion
🌕 Islam
🌕 Christian
🌕 Buddhist
🌕 Hindu
🌕 Others

Q5. Age
🌕 < 25 years old
🌕 25 – 34 years old
🌕 35 – 44 years old
🌕 45 – 54 years old
🌕 45 – 54 years old
🌕 55 years old and above

Q6. Years of teaching experience: ______

Section B: General Opinion Selection

The following questions associated with some factors that will influence teachers’
commitment. Please indicate to what extent do you agree or disagree and choose the number
that best characterizes how you feel about that particular statement.
Responses are based on a five-point scale and scores range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5
strongly agree).

Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree

1 2 3 4 5

Commitment to School

No. Item Description 1 2 3 4 5

1. Often, I find it is difficult to agree with this
organization’s policies on important matters
relating to its employee.
 2. I talk up this school to my friend as a great
school to work for.
3. I find that my values and my school’s values
are very similar.

Commitment to Students

No. Item Description 1 2 3 4 5

1. All students can succeed and it is my mission
to ensure their success.
2. It is my responsibility to ensure good social
relations among my students.
3. I feel obliged to mediate among the rival
groups of the students.

Commitment to Teaching

No. Item Description 1 2 3 4 5

1. I used to be more ambitious about my work
than I am now.
2. Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking ahead
to the next day’s work.
3. I enjoy teaching.

Commitment to Profession

No. Item Description 1 2 3 4 5

1. If I could get a job different from being a
teacher and paying the same amount, I would
take it.
2. If I could do it all over again, I would not
choose to work in the teaching profession.
3. I am disappointed that I ever entered the
teaching profession.
4. The best decision that I have ever made was to
become a teacher.