Abstract

• This study investigated the relationship between principal's distributed leadership and teachers’ organizational commitment at Basic Education High Schools in Sarlingyi Township. The sample schools were selected using the criterion that the principal has been at the current school for at least two years in this study. Two research instruments, Distributed Leadership School Survey (DLSS) and Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ), were used to measure the relationship between the variables. A total of 255 teachers (78 senior teachers, 143 junior teachers and 34 primary teachers) from the sample schools participated in this study. Descriptive statistics and Pearson product moment correlation were used to analyze the collected data. There was also found that the level of teachers’ organizational commitment was high with the mean value of 4.16. When studying the correlation between principal's distributed leadership and teachers’ organizational commitment, there was a positive relationship(r=0.494, p<.001)in selected schools. Qualitative findings also suggested that principal’s distributed leadership is positively related to teachers' organizational commitment. According to the result of the findings, it can be concluded that there has been a high level of teacher organizational commitment where their principals practiced distributed leadership in their schools.