Özet:

This study aims to explore the relationship between the fear that the coronavirus creates on teachers and this fear with organizational commitment. For this purpose, data were collected through an online survey from 403 teachers who are working in different stages of the state schools in Istanbul. As a data collection tool in the study; The Organizational Liability Scale, which consists of 27 articles developed by Balay (2000) and the Arcs. (2020) developed by the Turkish adaptation by Bakioğlu and ark 7 material Coronavirus Fear Measurement was used. The study found that as teachers' COVID-19 fears increased, their organizational/school commitment and organizational commitment level of conformity decreased. It is also that the COVID-19 fears of teachers who participated in the study did not show significant differences according to their gender. In terms of teachers’ organizational commitments and their levels of conformity and identity, they do not show significant differences according to their educational conditions; the levels of organizational commitment of teachers who have graduated have been seen to be higher than teachers who have graduated. In the same way, it has been determined that graduate teachers are more afraid of COVID-19 compared to graduate teachers, and the increased COVID-19 fear of teachers is increased. As a result, the findings from our study have shown that Covid-19 fear has a negative impact on the organizational commitment of teachers.