Development of a causal relationship model of the factors affecting the leadership of secondary school administrators under the office of the basic education commission
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were 1) to analyze the factors affecting the leadership of secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, and 2) to develop and verify a model of the causal relationship of the factors affecting the leadership of secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission using empirical data. This research was done using mixed methods and involved 2 steps; step 1: analyze the factors affecting the leadership of secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission by analyzing the content, principles, concepts and theories related to the research, step 2: draft a model of the causal relationship of the factors affecting the leadership of the secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission using the information derived from the research findings in step 1. Then examine the drafted model of the causal relationship of the factors affecting the leadership of secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission by using a focus group of 9 experts selected by purposive sampling. The data were analyzed by content analysis and the model of the causal relationship of the factors affecting the leadership of secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission was verified to ensure that it fit with the empirical data. The sample groups consisted of 500 secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission selected by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a Likerts rating scale questionnaire with a reliability of 0.97. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient and analysis of the causal relationship model of the factors affecting the leadership of secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. Computer software programs were used.The research results were as follows: 1)The 5 factors affecting the leadership of the secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission were (1) the factor of the administrators attributes, (2) the factor of the administrators situation, (3) the factor of the administrators roles, (4) the factor of the administrators emotional intelligence, and (5) the factor of the administrators behavior.2) Evaluation of the model of the causal relationship of the factors affecting leadership of the secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission showed that it was congruent with the empirical data (Chi-square = 105.92, df = 91, p - value = 0.14, GFI = 0.97, AGFI = 0.95, RMSEA = 0.02). The causal relationship model factors affecting the leadership of the secondary school administrators under the Office of the Basic Education Commission were composed of 5 factors, which in decreasing order of influence were as follows: (1) the factor of the administrators attribute, (2) the factor of the administrators situation, (3) the factor of the administrators roles, (4) the factor of the administrators emotional intelligence, and (5) the factor of administrators behavior.