DOES GLASS CEILING PERCEPTIONS AFFECT ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT? A STUDY ON TEACHERS

The purpose of this study is to explain the relationship between female teachers' perceived glass ceiling and organizational commitment. The reason that the research problem addresses the relationship between glass ceiling and organizational commitmentis based on theassumption that women's multiple roles due to gender and their exposure to unseen obstacles in workplaces lead to a decrease in their organizational commitment. This study is of importance in that it reveals the relationship between the two variables through a comparison of public and private sectors. The data were collected using the Glass Ceiling Scale in Ozunlu's (2013) master's thesis, the Organizational Commitment Scale adapted to Turkish by Sungurlu (1994), and an 9-question demographic survey. The sample consisted of 414 female teachers working in public and private sectors in Ankara. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, the Pearson correlation coefficientto find out the relationship between two variables, and regression analysis to measure the effect of perceived glass ceiling on organizational commitment. The analysis results indicated that teachers' perceived glass ceiling reduces their organizational commitment This study is important in that it highlights that school administrations should be sensitive to increasing efficiency in the education sector. The analysis results also showed that teachers display a declining commitment to their workplace as a result of their glass ceiling perceptions. Considering that the study sample consisted of women who are both mothers raising our children and teachers raising future generations, the social implications of the study results are more clearly understood.