The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on employees organizational commitment and job satisfaction in reference to gender differences.

In this study, an attempt has been made to examine the level of organizational commitment and job satisfaction among male and female school teachers working in private schools during the Covid-19 pandemic. For the present study, descriptive method is used. The sample of 181 private school teachers was drawn using a purposive sampling procedure. The organizational commitment questionnaire is developed by Allen and Meyer in 1990 and job satisfaction index by Brayfield and Rothe in 1951 is used for the study. For descriptive statistics mean, standard deviation (S.D.), and z test is used. Shapiro-Wilks test, Levene's test, and Mann-Whitney U test is used to analyze data in the current study. The results revealed that female teachers are more continuance committed as compared to male teachers during this tough situation of a pandemic. The level of organizational commitment is found low in both female and male teachers during the Covid-19. No significant difference is found in the overall job satisfaction among male and female teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study also determines a positive and significant relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic.