Abstract

• The main aim of the research is to study the principals' leadership styles on teachers' performance. The specific aims of the research are to study the leadership style which is most commonly used by school principals, to investigate the level of performance among teachers and to identify the relationship between principals' leadership styles and teachers' performance. Quantitative method was used in this study. A total of two hundred and twenty teachers were selected as subjects from four schools in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region, using random sampling method. The questionnaires included items for demographic data, leadership styles and teachers' performance. Instrument was reviewed by a panel of experts. The Cronbach's alpha of the principals' leadership styles was 0.89 and the Cronbach's alpha of the teachers' performance was 0.89. Descriptive statistic and Pearson Correlation were used to analyze the data in this study.The democratic leadership style was found to be the most commonly used leadership style among principals. The total mean value of teachers' performance was high (Mean=4.05, SD=.45). There was an association between the principals' leadership styles and the teachers' performance. These findings strongly indicate that the principals' leadership styles are significantly related to teachers' performance.