Abstract

• This study aimed to find out the relationship between principals’ leadership behaviours and teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviours in Basic Education Schools in Kyaukphyu Township, Rakhine State. The research was conducted with an explanatory sequential mixed methods design. The sample of 464 teachers was selected using simple random sampling. A set of questionnaires for principals’ leadership behaviours and teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviours with high content validation index (CVI) values of 0.98 for leadership behaviours and 0.97 for organizational citizenship behaviours was used. The reliability coefficients (Cronbach’s alpha) were 0.86 for principals’ leadership behaviours and 0.94 for teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviours. Then, open-ended questions for principals’ leadership behaviours and interview questions for teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviours were employed as a qualitative study. The findings suggested that principals commonly practiced transformational leadership behaviours, followed by transactional leadership behaviours, and occasionally exhibited passive/avoidant leadership behaviours. Moreover, the findings suggested that teachers exhibited high level of organizational citizenship behaviours. Then, there were positively moderate relationships between principals’ transformational and transactional leadership behaviours and teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviours. According to qualitative results, most principals responded that they prioritized the school’s welfare over personal gain, they acknowledged teachers in various settings, and actively engaged in all relevant responsibilities and duties. Regarding with teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviours, most teachers provided mentorship and guidance to newer colleague.