Exploring Secondary School Teachers' Citizenship Behavior
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https://doi.org/10.55737/psi.2025b-42090Keywords:
Secondary School Teachers, Citizenship Behavior, Sahiwal, Education, StudentsAbstract
This study was aimed to explore the teachers' citizenship behavior at secondary school level in district Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. The study was descriptive and quantitative by nature. The population of the study was 1144 secondary school teachers of the district Sahiwal. A two-stage random sampling technique was used for the sample selection process. The sample comprised 192 male and female teachers at secondary schools. Teachers' citizenship behavior questionnaire (TCBQ) was developed to collect the data. The research instrument was pilot tested to ensure validity and reliability. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques were applied to analyse the data. The results revealed that teachers had high level of organizational citizenship behavior at secondary school level. On the basis of major findings, it was recommended that teachers should develop their citizenship behavior in order to achieve educational goals in school settings.
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