The role of servant leadership and work engagement in improving extra-role behaviour and teacher performance

The maximum performance of the teachers is a strategic key for schools to realize the objectives of their organizations. This study aimed to provide empirical evidence regarding several essential factors that affect teacher performance, i.e. servant leadership, work engagement, and extra-role behavior. Besides, this study also investigated the direct and indirect effects of servant leadership behavior on improving the performance of permanent teachers in high schools and vocational high schools of the cities in East Java and the eastern part of Central Java. Using the t-test and path analysis with the p-values 2.000, the results obtained were that the practice of servant leadership principles directly and positively affects work engagement, extra-role behavior, and teacher performance. The results of the tests proved that extra-role behavior and employee performance could be improved through the practice of servant leadership and increased work engagement