Conflict Management of School Administrators underThe Narathiwat Primary Education Service Area Office 1

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) To study conflict management of school administrators under the Narathiwat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. 2) To compare the conflict management practices of school administrators under the Narathiwat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, classified by gender, age, educational level, work experience, and school size. The population used in this research consisted of 1,826 teachers working in schools under the Narathiwat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The sample group comprised 328 participants, selected using Yamane’s formula and stratified random sampling, followed by simple random sampling. The research instrument was a five-point Likert scale questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.94. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics: frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, along with t-test and F-test. The research findings revealed that:

1) Overall, the conflict management of school administrators under the Narathiwat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was at a high level in all aspects, the accommodating approach had the highest average score, while the collaborating approach had the lowest average score 2) The comparison of conflict management practices among school administrators classified by gender, age, educational level, work experience, and school size showed no statistically significant differences in both overall and specific aspects, which was not in line with the research hypothesis.