Title: The impact of perceived organisational support on organisational commitment of vocational college teachers - the mediating effect of career-related continuous learning

Authors: Zhengnan Qi; Fang Han

Addresses: Zhejiang Agricultural Business College, 770 Century East Street, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China ' National Science Library, 33 North Fourth Ring Road, Zhongguancun, Beijing, China

Abstract: This study uses a sample of 220 questionnaires from vocational college teachers in China. It introduces dimensions of career-related continuous learning, including advantage analysis, disadvantage analysis, and focusing on scientific research, as mediating variables to construct a research model, and explores the impact of perceived organisational support on organisational commitment from the perspective of teacher perception. The findings are as follows: perceived organisational support has a significant positive effect on organisational commitment and each dimension of career-related continuous learning. The advantage analysis of career-related continuous learning has a significant positive effect on organisational commitment and acts as a mediator in the relationship between perceived organisational support and organisational commitment. The conclusions of this study provide important managerial implications for higher vocational colleges on how to promote teachers' career-related continuous learning and enhance organisational commitment through organisational support.

Keywords: vocational college teachers; perceived organisational support; organisational commitment; career-related continuous learning; mediating effect.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2025.142981

International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2025 Vol.37 No.1, pp.38 - 59

Received: 24 Sep 2023
Accepted: 29 Nov 2023
Published online: 02 Dec 2024 *