STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AFFECTING TEACHERS' TEAMWORK IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE NAKHON SI THAMMARAT PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1
Abstract:
The objectives of this thesis were: 1) to study the level of strategic
leadership of school administrators under the Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary
Educational Service Area Office 1 2) to study the level of teacher teamwork in
schools under the same office13) to examine the relationship between the strategic
leadership of school administrators and teacher teamwork and 4) to identify the
strategic leadership factors of school administrators that predict teacher teamwork.
The sample group consisted of 242 teachers from schools in Mueang Nakhon Si
Thammarat District under the Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service
Area Office 1. The research instrument was a questionnaire on the strategic
leadership of school administrators, with an overall reliability coefficient of 0.985
Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation,
Pearsons product-moment correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis.
The research findings were as follows:
1. The overall strategic leadership of school administrators under the
Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was at the highest
level.
2. The overall level of teacher teamwork in schools under the Nakhon Si
Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was at the highest level.
3. The relationship between the strategic leadership of school
administrators and teachers teamwork in schools under the Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was found to be a high positive correlation
(r = .639) which was statistically significant at the .001 level.
4. The strategic leadership factors of school administrators that significantly
influenced teacher teamwork were Expectancy and Opportunity Creation, and
Organizational Culture Building. These factors together predicted teacher teamwork
at 42.9%. The predictive equations are as follows. The predictive equation in
unstandardized score form:
Ŷ = 2.263 + 0.349 (X4) + 0.178 (X3)
The predictive equation in standardized score form:
Ẑ = 0.446 (X4) + 0.229 (X3)