THE INFLUENCE OF INTEGRITY PRACTICES ON TEACHING PROFESSIONALISM AMONG PRIMARY TEACHERS’ INTERIOR PART OF SABAH: MEDIATED PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT STUDY

Authors: Latifah Binti Mohd. Zainmatjin & Soon Singh Bikar Singh*

ABSTRACT

The research that has been carried out aims to identify the influence of integrity practices on the school teachers’ professionalism and professional support among primary school teachers in the interior of the State of Sabah. A total of 409 teachers who participated in the field study were randomly selected to give feedback. This study chose a quantitative survey design with the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. Feedback was obtained through a questionnaire containing three instruments with SPSS software with AMOS Version 24. The findings of the study show that the practice of integrity has a significant influence on the quality improvement of teacher professionalism (β = 0.743, t = 10.838, and p-value = 0.001). While the practice of integrity has a significant relationship with professional support (β = 0.493, t = 5.123, and p-value =.001). Similarly, the relationship between teachers’ professionalism and professional support has a significant relationship (β = 0.129, t = 4.814, and p-value =.001). Based on the standardized estimated outcome and bootstrapping process on 5000 resampling, professional support shows that it has partially mediated the relationship between integrity practice and teaching professionalism. The results of the study are beneficial to the education sector, especially to the department and school management. Finally, this study contributes to the development of management and administration of organizations, especially schools.

Keywords: Integrity Practices, Teachers’ Professionalism, Professional Support

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