CORPORATE VALUES AS DETERMINANTS OF WORKING ENVIRONMENT AMONG SELECTED STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (SUCS) CALABARZON AREA, PHILIPPINES

Every academic institution worldwide is anchored with its own core values that figure out its distinctiveness from others. There are different core values which SUCs recognize, however, the researcher was able to look into the commonalities among them that are being practiced by all select SUCs used in the study and these are, integrity, accountability, commitment, and social responsibility. This study aimed to find out if corporate values significantly affect SUCs? performance in terms of working environment. Respondents? educational qualification was also included as one of the independent variables. Descriptive research design was employed and a total of 365 respondents were used in the study. Linear regression analysis was used to determine which among the independent variables predict significantly the dependent variable. The findings of the study showed, that educational qualification, commitment and social responsibility significantly predict SUCs? performance along working environment.