Study of Impact of Various Personality Attributes on Job Commitment of Different College Professors of Jalandhar District of Punjab

The study investigated the relationship amongst self-efficacy, locus of control & commitment in selected colleges in Jalandhar. 50 teachers participated in the study. Study reported that teachers in these selected institutes scored more than the average in Individual Locus of Control (3.04). But, Chance and Person Locus of Control were reported as 2.96 and 2.86 respectively. Self efficacy score was 2.68 out of 4 rating point, showed an above average score on self-efficacy. Result on self-efficacy indicated that faculty members had a strong belief to succeed in their future endeavors. All three commitment constructs score were reported a little less than the average. Correlation analysis reported that Locus of Control and Commitment were weakly related and the relationship was also insignificant. To observe the effect of independent variables on dependent variable multiple regressions analysis was used. Result showed that Locus of Control and self-efficacy was negatively affecting commitment and relationship was not significant. So, it was inferred that Locus of Control and self-efficacy negatively impacted the commitment level of the faculty members working in these colleges.