Institutional Downsizing: Impact on Work Satisfaction and Workplace Commitment among Clinical Instructors in Region VI, Philippines:Voices of Struggles

Abstract

Many Philippine schools, colleges and tertiary institutions struggled to restructure their educational institutions with the full implementation of K-12 and the advent of Outcomes-Based Education in Philippine Educational System since 2016 in compliance with the International Qualification Standards utilizing different strategies for their survival and growth. This research aimed to determine the impact of institutional downsizing towards work satisfaction and clinical instructors' workplace commitment in Region VI. The study employed a descriptive-correlational design utilizing a survey method. Qualitative data were obtained to enrich survey results. Ninety-one (91) clinical instructors in various nursing colleges in Region VI, Philippines were chosen as actual participants using a stratified random sampling. Data collected were analyzed using appropriate descriptive, inferential statistics and qualitative analysis. The overall interpretation indicates a moderate level of work satisfaction (grand mean of 3.81) and clinical instructors' workplace commitment (grand mean of 4.20) in Region VI; there is no significant relationship between clinical instructors' workplace commitment and profile variables except for area of assignment (χ2 = 16.217, p = 0.013). There is no significant relationship between institutional downsizing and workplace commitment. However, there is a significant relationship between work satisfaction and workplace commitment (χ2 = 100.2, p = 0.000). The study concluded that clinical instructors' perception of the impact of restructuring has little effect on their work satisfaction and workplace commitment but undergone various struggles.