Abstract

• The purpose of this study is to investigate relationships among administrative behaviour of principals, work motivation and organizational commitment of teachers at selected Basic Education High Schools in Mogaung Township. Quantitative research methods were applied to collect required data. The sample for quantitative study was selected through purposive sampling which included 243 teachers from 6 selected Basic Education High Schools in Mogaung Township. This quantitative study was conducted by using three instruments: “Administrative Behaviour Scale” to assess the perceptions of teachers on their principals’ administrative behaviour, “Work Motivation Scale” to find out the perceptions of teachers on their work motivation, “TCM Employee Commitment Survey” to evaluate the perceptions of teachers on their organizational commitment. Data were computed by utilizing descriptive statistics and Pearson product-moment correlation analyses through SPSS software. According to the result of this study, teachers perceived that there were high levels of administrative behaviour of their principals, their work motivation and organizational commitment at selected high schools in Mogaung. Moreover, administrative behaviour of principals was positively and moderately correlated with organizational commitment of teachers (r=0.629, p<0.01). Moreover, a positive and high correlation was found between work motivation and organizational commitment of teachers (r=0.790, p<0.01). Again, administrative behaviour of principals was significantly and highly correlated with work motivation of teachers (r=0.726, p<0.01). Therefore, it can be concluded that if the level of administrative behaviour of principals was high, the work motivation of teachers will also be high and thereby leading greater organizational commitment of teachers.