Abstract

• The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among teachers’ perceptions of institutional integrity, principal openness, teacher openness, teacher loyalty to the school system, the principal and colleagues at selected Basic Education High Schools in Lashio Township. The study was guided by three research questions. The study used quantitative research design. The research participants purposively selected based on research were 271 teachers and 5 principals from 5 selected Basic Education High Schools in Lashio Township. The data of the study were collected through “The School Climate and Health Questionnaire (SCHQ)” developed by Reiss and Hoy (1998, as cited in Walker, 2003) and “The Rutgers School Loyalty Questionnaire (RSLQ)” developed by Reiss and Hoy (1998, as cited in Walker, 2003). Pearson product-moment correlation was used for the analysis of the three research questions. Regarding to the results from the data analysis, it was found that there was no significance relationship between “institutional integrity” and “teacher loyalty to the school system”. “Principal openness” was found a significance positive relationship with “teacher loyalty to the principal” and it also found that there was a significance positive relationship between “teacher openness” and “teacher loyalty to colleagues”. The findings of this study have implications to the role of principal in leadership behaviour and teacher collegiality. Based on the findings, this study also provides recommendations for practices and further research.