Abstract

• The main purpose of this study is to investigate authentic leadership of principals in Basic Education Schools. In this study, descriptive survey design and quantitative approach will be used. A total of 66 principals by using purposive sampling and 396 teachers by using the equal size stratified random sampling from Mon State were selected as subjects. The required data for quantitative study were collected by using two sets of questionnaires. The first set of questionnaire was developed for principals and the second was for teachers. Questionnaire for principals was composed of two parts; factors affecting authentic leadership and authentic leadership practices of principals with eight dimensions. The questionnaire for teachers was also developed based on these eight dimensions of authentic leadership. The internal consistencies ( ) of the questionnaire were 0.86 for principals’ authentic leadership practices, 0.91 for psychological capital, 0.82 for self-leadership, 0.86 for self-knowledge and 0.76 for social intelligence. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis were conducted to analyze the data. The result of multiple regression showed that psychological capital was the best predictor, self-knowledge was the second and self leadership was the third predictor for principals’ authentic leadership practices. This study also highlights the importance of authentic leadership practices of principals in Basic Education Schools.