Abstract

• The main aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between principals’ talent management leadership and teachers’ organizational commitment in Basic Education High Schools, Phyu Township, Bago Region. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this research. A total of two hundred teachers were selected as subjects from five Basic Education High Schools, Phyu Township, using the purposive sampling method. The reliability coefficient of principals’ talent management leadership questionnaire was 0.959 and that of teachers’ organizational commitment questionnaire was 0.773. Descriptive analysis, Independent Samples t-Test, One-Way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation and Multiple regression analysis were conducted to analyze the data in this study. The level of principals’ talent management leadership in this study was moderately high (Mean = 3.14, SD = .31). There were significant differences in the level of principals’ talent management leadership among schools and principals grouped by administrative service. The level of teachers’ organizational commitment in this study was moderately high (Mean = 2.80, SD = .25). There were significant differences in the level of teachers’ organizational commitment among schools and teachers grouped by qualification, age, position and years of service in current school. There is a moderate positive correlation between principals’ talent management leadership and teachers’ organizational commitment (r = .548, p < .01). According to the result of multiple regression analysis, values dimension is the best predictor of teachers’ organizational commitment (R 2 = .289, F (5,194) = 17.183). Information from teachers’ interviews, open-ended answers and quantitative results were complementary to each other. The levels of principals’ talent management leadership were associated with the levels of teachers’ organizational commitment.