Employment Relationship Quality among Public School Teachers in Southern Mindanao: A Causal Model

: This study aimed to determine the best fit structural model on employment quality among public school teachers in Southern Mindanao, Philippines. It examined the connections among global social bases of power, public leadership, and relational leadership with employment quality respectively. The study utilized a descriptivecorrelational technique through structural equation modeling (SEM). A total of 414 respondents were randomly selected using proportionate quota sampling. Findings revealed that, overall, the level of exogenous variables were described as high and indicated a significant relationship with employment relationship. Moreover, the most sparing model (Model 4), conveyed a new idea that the endogenous variable, employment relationship quality was significantly best anchored on social bases of power which was grounded in terms of global power and compliance, and was highly reinforced by public leadership of school heads defined by its indicators: accountability and rule-following and further significantly strengthened by third exogenous variable, relational leadership, which was outlined by its domain: active and passive. In conclusion, the final model depicted the direct causal relationships of global social bases of power, public leadership, and relational leadership, and found to be the best model on the employment relationship quality of public school teachers.