Ethical Leadership of Administrators affecting Core Competencies in Work of Teachers under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3

Abstract

The objectives of this Independent Study were aimed to 1) Study of ethical leadership             of school administrators under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3, 2) Study the core competencies in work of teachers under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3, and 3) Study of the ethical leadership of administrators affecting core competencies in work of teachers under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3. The sample group was the civil servants (teachers) in schools under the Office                 of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3. The sample size was determined using the Krejcie and Morgan ready-made table as 312 teachers. Stratified random sampling of schools was done in proportion to the size of the school by comparing in the rule of three in arithmetic, and then simple random sampling of teachers by lottery method, respectively. The tool used in this study was a 5-level Rating Scale questionnaire. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis. The results showed that:

1. Ethical leadership of school administrators under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3, in overall and each aspect, were at a high level.
2. Core competencies in work of teachers under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3, in overall and each aspect, were at a high level.
3. Ethical leadership of administrators core competencies in work of teachers under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3, there were 3 variables: Honesty (X₄), Respect (X₃), and Responsibility (X₅), with multiple correlation coefficient of .928. The error due to forecasting was equal to .262, which could be used to predict the core competencies in the work of teachers under the Office of Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Education Service Area 3, as .860 percent (R² = .860). Moreover, it could create the forecasting equations in the form of raw scores and standard scores as follows:

            raw scores = .841 + .447 (X₄) + .232 (X₃) + .145 (X₅)

            standard scores = .517 (X₄) + .262 (X₃) + .171 (X₅)