The Effect of Employment Commitment on Academic Performance

Among G-12 Night Class at Global Technical School of Zamboanga

Inc.

A Research Proposal Presented to The Faculty of the Global

Technical School of Zamboanga Inc.

By:

Lanipa,Rizalyn V.

Untong,Rolyn B.

Valiente, Ronie P.

Panes, Kim Rose S.

Fernando, Lander T.

Bagalanon, Kimberly A.
 CHAPTER I

INTROUCTION

Background of the Study

Each student has a unique perspective on learning and working at

the same time, which will surely have a favorable or negative impact on

these students. In reality, the majority of Indonesian students who

continue their education in Taiwan study while working. While some

students might consider studying while working as a negative, others

might view it positively (Ngan 2021).

Researches about working students are mostly conducted at

universities in developed countries, but those researches lack knowledge

about how working students face their everyday lives and how they

conquer every problem they encounter. Working while studying it

significantly affects how well students succeed academically, this

circumstances may have both beneficial and bad effects. There are

several reasons students work while they in school, including earning their

own money so they may learn how to budget and pay for their costs

independently and obtaining professional experience to help them for their

future after graduation.

The purpose of this study is to know how the student manage their

work and studying. To know how it can affect their performance at school.

Also to collect pertinent information on how did the working students

manage to overcome their obstacles and challenges. This study aims to

investigate the challenges and issues faced by students who work on

campus while they are also enrolled in classes. It is also taken into

account how their on-campus employment status may effect their self-

esteem, academic performance, and time management. Additionally, the

purpose of the study is to understand the driving forces for working

students. Being a student and working at the same time has some

disadvantages as well, including the fact that there is frequently not

enough time for study, sleep, or maintaining appropriate dietary routines.

Significance of the Study

The result of this study will benefit the following:

1. Working students- Students who work to sustain themselves

financially so they can continue their studies, either with or without their

parents’ assistance. Treat your study time the same way you would your

working time. You should allocate sufficient time to each. Utilizing your

time wisely is crucial in combining job and studies.

2. Teachers- Encourage the aspirations of your students. That they

persevere through all of their difficulties without giving up. Due to the

prevalence and necessity of working students in today’s society, educators

must be aware of their students’ real-life circumstances and make

accommodations for them.

3. Future Researcher- The results of the study will help researchers

better recognize and comprehend the different aspects that lead to

student drop out. The benefits and drawbacks of being a working student

will become more apparent to researchers.

Statement of the Problem

This study will discuss how working as a student affects their

academic achievement.

1. How does working affect students’ academic performance?

2. How do working students manage their time while studying?

3. What are the obstacles that working students have faced when they

work and study at the same time?

Scope and Delimitation

This study focuses on The Effect of Employment Commitment on

Academic Performance Among G-12 Night Class at Global Technical

School of Zamboanga Inc. The respondents of the study are the Senior

High School learners of Global Technical School of Zamboanga Inc.

enrolled during the school year 2023 to 2024.

 CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

Related Literature

In fact, a lot of studies have suggested that combining full-time

schooling with part-time employment can have negative effects impact on

the students’ mental and physical wellness. It might have a detrimental

effect. In regards to academic success (Hovdhaugen, 2015; Creed,

French, & Hood, 2015; 2014 Darolia), they thought, that students

who have a lot of lessons to teach would likely be missed by those who

work part-time because they realize and believe they could be doing

better academically if they weren’t working.

According to the literature, most university students in the US today

work half- time at kast (McFarland et al., 2018). According to the NCES,

in years two and four, 45% of full-time students and 81% of part-time

students, respectively, were employed at public institutions in the United

States in 2017.

The Impact of working in higher education was examined by Moris

Triventi in his study. He discovered that low-intensity work had good

benefits, whereas high- intensity work—35 hours or more per week—

tended to have the opposite. Gaining soft skills like communication and

problem-solving abilities as well as greater independence and financial

and time management skills are some of the advantages. The risks of

dropping out are increased, graduation rates are delayed, and academic

performance is negatively impacted. He discovered that full-time

employees typically have less free time for academic pursuits and school-

related activities. Part-time and full-time employees study 15.7 hours a

week on average, compared to 17.0 hours for non- workers. Also less time

is spent in class each week for full-time employees. In this study, part-time

employees were able to manage the consequences of working while

enrolled in school (Triventi 2014)

The majority, if not all, of the working students have little financial

resources and 3,000 per month. The working university students support

their families in addition to their own needs by working. ( Balacuit, 2022)

According to the study’s findings, high school kids are persuaded to

work because their families are poor, and having just one working parent

in the household makes this persuasion even stronger. However, it has

been noted that high school students who are employed do so voluntarily

out of a desire to support themselves through their education and the lives

of their families. There were some price to pay for the experience. The

highlighted issues included sleep deprivation, multitasking, lack of spare

time, and material dissatisfaction. A deeper awareness of the issues they

face and the offer of assistance from instructors, friends, and family could

help to lessen these obstacles. (Bagabaldo, 2015)

Related Studies

In order to meet their financial demands while attending school,

eight out of ten (77%) undergraduates are now working part-time,

according to a study conducted by Endsleigh (2015).

It is probably difficult to balance your social life, family time

schoolwork, and work while you are a working student. Making sure you

get at least one night off each week and learning how to manage the

pressure that comes with working as an undergrad will significantly reduce

your stress levels (Mitchell, 2016).

However, Stijn Baert et al. (2018)’s research indicates the

opposite. According to Baert’s research, there is a negative relationship

between student labor hours and academic success. In fact, a one-hour

increase in working hours per week is associated with a decline in the

percentage of courses passed. Students with a primary oriented toward

work rather than school were the only ones who showed a negative

correlation between hours worked and academic performance.

According to Kavarana (2013), an increase in the number of there

is a correlation between full-time students who work and Want to cut back

on debt and loans. Students believed that they had to keep their

borrowing to a minimum in order to pay more in tuition. The sense of self-

accomplishment and accomplishment is another advantage. Self-

satisfaction gained from overcoming obstacles. With two different life

styles and double the amount of labor.

According to Abenoja et al. (2019), one of the motives for Filipino

students working while in school is their desire to improve their quality of

life. And acquire knowledge they can use in the future. The majority of

college students work to support themselves. Because they are earning

money, this acts as an internal drive for students to work more even when

they are in class. Despite their financial difficulties, Filipino students are

still able to support themselves through employment. Online jobs, paid

corporate internships, fast-food crew positions, and school jobs are the job

alternatives for Filipino working students.

Conceptual Framework

Employment
jhhjhgh Academic
Commitment Performance

Independent Variable Dependent Variable

Gender

Mediator Variable

Figure 1. Interplay of the Variables

Employment Commitment
Employment Commitment is the independent variable on The Effect

of Employment Commitment on Academic Performance Among G-12

Night Class at Global Technical School of Zamboanga Inc.

Internationally, working students come from various historical

periods. They might experience chronic fatigue or a lack of sleep. It largely

depends on how they handle their time. Some students who work labor

every day, every hour, and return home at their time. Some students who

work labor every day, every hour, and return home at individual organizes

their time, according to Jewell (2014).

The study of Elisabeth Hovdhaugen (2015), emphasizes that

there are many possible factors why students leave in a specific university

before having the degree of completion, and one of the most commonly

cited is being engaged to work while studying. With the use of survival

analysis, this paper evaluates the impact of employment status on dropout

rates. It identifies that employment status does have an influence on

dropout rates to work as if there is a threshold to how much students can

work. The integration of employment status into the analysis does not

change the effect of variables known to influence on dropouts such as

gender, grades, and social background, but it adds to further explain who

the possible students students who are less likely to complete their

program due to working full time alongside studying full time than students

working short part-time or not working at all. However, it seems that

working more than 20 hours a week increases the risk of dropout as much

as full-time that may dropout are. This denotes that models for retention

and dropout must also take such external factors into justification, not just

consider what happens at the university, as in the model of student

departure.

Working Students in Higher

Education... –
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Academic Performance

Academic Performance is the dependent variable in The Effect of

Employment Commitment on Academic Performance Among G-12 Night

Class at Global Technical School of Zamboanga Inc.

The benefits of working while studying are numerous and varied.

The majority of students believe that these employments can, however,

cause them to lose focus on their studies. What working students do with

their time management has an impact on the respondents’ academic

success. ( Paje, 2019)

Some scholars consider achievement to be equivalent to grades,

and it is on the basis of the different understandings of achievement and

grades that scholars have differed in their definitions of academic

achievement (Brookhart et al., 2016).

Achievement refers to the completion and attainment of a certain

level that a student can achieve after a series of education or training,

while performance refers to the result of an examination in a subject or a

whole course (Lamas, 2015).

Gender

Gender is the mediator variable of considerable interest in this

study. It is a way of identifying who among male and female who is more

often working while studying and how it affects their academic

performance in school.

According to The Economics Daily (2018) Female students more

likely than male students to participate in labor force in October 2017. In

October 2017, 57.3 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds, or 21.8 million youth,

were enrolled in high school (9.7 million) or in college (12.1 million). High

school students continued to be less than half as likely as college students

to participate in the labor force (22.8 percent, compared with 49.5

percent). In both high school and college, female students are more likely

to participate in the labor force than male students.

The Conceptual Framework of the study shows the relationship

between the Independent Variable (IV) and Dependent Variable (DV). The
Going and Working is the independent variable as shown on the left box,

while the academic performance is the dependent variable as shown in

the right box. Gender is the moderator variable as shown in the third box.

The causative arrow that connects the two boxes on the left and

right shows the significant relationship of Going and Working, and

Academic Performance. The arrow that connects the lower box to the

causative arrow show the significant difference in the students’ time

management and academic performance when data are grouped

according to the gender.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

The following terms is operationally defined under this section to

facilitate a better understanding by the reader.

Part-Time Employment – employment that involves working fewer hours

than a full-time position, allowing students to maintain a dual focus on

education and work.

Financial Difficulty - is a condition in which a company or individual

cannot generate sufficient revenues or income, making it unable to meet

or pay its financial obligations.

Time Management - is the process of organizing and planning how to

allocate your time between different tasks and activities.

Financial Independence – the state in which a student relies on income

earned through employment to cover educational expenses and personal

living costs.

Work-Study Programs – educational initiatives that integrate work

experiences with academic learning, offering students opportunities to

gain practical skills relevant to their field of study.

Employability Skills – the sets of skills, including communication,

teamwork, and problem-solving, that working students acquire through

employment experiences.
 CHAPTER III

Methodology

Introduction

Methodology refers to the analysis of the methods used appropriate

to a field of study. It is a systematic way of accomplishing certain tasks

and is defined as a collection of procedures, technique, tools, and

documentation aids that helps software development process (Pressman,

2001).

Research Design

This study employed the use of Descriptive-Quantitative

Correlational Research Design. This study aimed to describe, record,

analyze and interpret data to arrive at the finding of the study. It also

aimed to determine the relationship between two variables. Since the

present study intended to find out the significant relationship between

working while going to school and academic performance, this design was

suited for the study.

Population and Sampling Design

The researchers will use Slovin’s formula n = N/(1+Ne2) to

determine the number of respondents. And the researches will use

Purposive sampling technique. Purposive sampling is a non-probability

sampling method where units are selected for inclusion in the sample due to their

characteristics.

The respondents’ profile based on Gender is shown in Figure 2.0

Figure 2.0 Respondents’ Profile based on Gender

Gender Total

Male 45

Female 35

Total 80

Data Collection Method

The researcher will utilize a survey questionnaire - checklist as part

of the simple random sampling. The questionnaire will include a clear

statement about informed consent and gather demographic information,

such as age, gender, and academic program. Questions pertaining to

variables like work hours, academic performance, and obstacle that have

faced by working students.

Research Procedure
 Before the actual data gathering, a letter addressed to the school

president were written to seek permission to allow researchers to invite

the respondents to participate in the study. With the President’s approval,

the list of the students was obtained from the administration office. After

proper coordination with the concerned subject teachers, the

questionnaires were administered to the selected students. During the

administration of the instrument, the respondents were given 20 minutes

to answer the questionnaire-checklist by checking the answer that will

correspond to their true answers. Upon its completion, the instruments

were retrieved and the data obtained from it were subjected to statistical

tests.

Data Analysis Method

The researchers will adhere to a comprehensive checklist.

Questions align precisely with research objectives, promoting relevance

and clarity. An informed consent statement is upfront, and demographic

inquiries provide sample characterization. Closed-ended questions ensure

clear response options. Pilot testing refines wording and formatting. Out of

100 total populations of Senior School High learner’s, it was calculated

that a sample of 80 respondents were selected using simple random

sampling technique. 45 of these respondents are male, and 35 others are

female.

Chapter Summary
 This study utilized a Descriptive-Quantitative Correlational

Research Design to explore the relationship between working while

attending school and academic performance. Slovin’s formula determined

a sample of 80 respondents from a total population of 100 Senior High

School learners. The gender-based profile revealed 45 male and 35

female participants. A survey questionnaire-checklist, addressing informed

consent and gathering demographic information, was administered after

obtaining permission from the school president. The questionnaire

focused on variables like work hours, academic performance, and

obstacles faced by working students. The researchers ensured

questionnaire clarity through a comprehensive checklist, aligning

questions with research objectives. After a 20-minuteresponse time,

collected data underwent statistical tests.