A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OFORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT WITHPARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING, PROCEDURAL JUSTICE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR IN TEACHERS OF “NOTFOR-PROFIT SCHOOLS” OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN.

With realization of changing perspective of education from a one distinctive field to support function for all fields, the present study examines the nature, strength, predictive value and significance of the unique associations of Organizational Commitment (OC) with Procedural Justice (PJ), Participation in Decision Making (PDM) and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) of school teachers. The data were collected from 243 teachers of 35 “Not-for-Profit” and privately managed high schools of Lahore, Pakistan. The results of statistical analysis confirm a substantially strong, positive and significant correlation among study variables. PJ PDM have been found to account for 36.6% variation in OC. Furthermore, it was discovered that OC singularly explains 14.3% variation and 23.3% jointly with PJ PDM in OCB. The findings and implications of the study have been discussed with reference to policy making and professional management practices.