“…Besides, Ethiopia had introduced the Civil Service Reform Program (CSRP) in 1996, and the government gives due attention to the humanistic approach among public servants in public service and should be replicated as core elements of leadership (Kebede & Demeke, 2017). Another research conducted in Ethiopia secondary school on perceived leadership effectiveness and relationship within academic results among students revealed that leadership might ultimately impact students' academic achievement (Dessalegn, Bekalu, & Frew, 2016;Geleta & Amsale, 2016). Empirical evidence shows a shortage of research on leadership and OCB in Ethiopia and sub-Saharan African (Abdullahi, Z. J., Ma, Z., Tehzeeb, M., Ethel, A., & Elvis, 2017;Githaiga, 2021).…”