Confirmatory factor analysis for job attitude at vocational college teachers

This study aims to confirm the domain of job attitude among vocational college teachers in the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering, in the Vocational College of the southern zone of Malaysia (Johor State Vocational College, Melaka State Vocational College, and Negeri Sembilan Vocational College). Domain job attitude is often seen as something that makes a teacher successful or vice versa in carrying out his duties. Negative job attitudes reflect that teachers’ commitment to the organization is not as expected. Previous studies have found that cognitive, affective, and behavioral elements are strongly related to job attitudes. Therefore, this quantitative study was conducted to confirm the factors related to the domain of job attitude among vocational college teachers. Questionnaires were distributed to 264 teachers at random. The data obtained were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach and software AMOS version 21. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed to obtain factor loading for each factor obtained, namely cognitive, affective, and behavioral factors. Findings from the study analysis show that the three factors studied describe it is very suitable to be a factor to the job attitude domain, the items for the study factor have met all the criteria needed for validation to the study domain. Accordingly, these three factors for this job attitude domain are suitable for further research related to other study domains.