Work Motivation, Organizational Commitment and Locus of Control vis-a-vis Work Experience amongst University Teachers

This study evaluates the experience-wise differences amongst the teachers working in universities of Punjab with regard to commitment, motivation and locus of control. Data collection was done from the sample size of 460 teachers (250 state university respondents&210 private university respondents). Data was analyzed by using WAS (weighted average scores) and ANOVA. The findings reveal that with the rise in work experience, the level of intrinsic motivation also increases. Teachers with lesser work experience are found to be more extrinsically motivated. With regard to organizational commitment, it is found that teacher with greater work experience is more committed than teachers with less work experience. High continuance commitment is found amongst teachers who are more experienced. As far as normative commitment is concerned, there is a decline trend with the years of experience adding up. With regard to locus of control, as the teacher become more experienced the inclination towards external locus of control rises and towards internal locus of control decreases.