Career Development and Employee Commitment at Ghana National Association of Teachers (Gnat) Offices

Abstract

The study examined the influence of career development and employee commitment at the Ghana National Association of Teachers’ offices. Specifically, three research objectives were investigated, to: assess the perception level of employees on selected dimensions of career development; assess the level of employees’ commitment; analyse the effect of selected dimensions of career development on employees’ commitment. The study adopted the quantitative approach and descriptive correlational design. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from all the 110 employees of the organisation. The data was then processed using the IBM SPSS Statistics (version 26) software. Both descriptive (means and standard deviations) and inferential statistics (multiple regression) were used to address objectives of the study. The study found mentoring, coaching and job enrichment as the dimensions of career development applicable in the organisation. The study also found high levels of employee commitment in the organisation. The study finally found that career development through mentoring, coaching and job enrichment had significant positive influence on employees’ commitment. The study therefore recommends that management of the organisation should emphasise on continuously developing and strengthening the career development programs of the institution across the country to meet the demands of the employees.