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The Effect of Servant Leadership Behaviors on Performance Outcomes and Job Satisfaction in Public Schools

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Servant leadership is one of the modern leadership theories, and its significance lies in the positive and tangible results it achieves at the individual and institutional levels. This study investigates the effect of servant leadership behaviors on performance outcomes and job satisfaction in public schools in Palestine from the teachers’ point of view, during the first semester of the academic year 2021/2022. A quantitative research methodology was used, specifically the descriptive survey method. The study sample was selected by simple random sampling and consisted of 300 teachers currently working in public schools in Hebron, West Bank. The questionnaire results show that principals of public schools in Hebron practice servant leadership to a high degree. They also indicate a relationship between the application of the servant leadership style and both performance outcomes and job satisfaction. In addition, the statistical analysis showed significant differences in teachers’ estimates of servant leadership attributable to the demographic variables (gender, years of experience, and educational qualification).

The Influence of Principal Servant Leadership, Self-Efficacy and Teacher Work Involvement on Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) in Improving Teacher Work Performance at the Yayasan Abdi Karya Elementary Education Level

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This study aims to analyze the influence of the principal’s servant leadership, self-efficacy, and teacher work involvement on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in improving teacher work performance. The object of this research is the teacher who teaches at the basic education level of the Abdi Karya Foundation. The study used a survey method by distributing questionnaires. The number of respondents who filled out the questionnaires was 141 teachers, both classroom teachers, and subject teachers, and samples were taken using the Slovin formula from a total population of 146 from all teachers Yayasan Abdi Karya elementary education level. This research was conducted from January 15 to May 15, 2021. The data were analyzed using the SmartPLS (Partial Least Square) analysis application. The results of this study indicate that the servant leadership aspect has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), self-efficacy has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and work engagement has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and servant leadership, self-efficacy, and teacher work involvement simultaneously have a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). While organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) has a positive and significant effect on improving teacher work performance.