Participative Leadership of School Administrators Affecting Personnel Management of Schools under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

Background and Aims: Participation has psychological effects. Those who participate will have pride, be Proud to be a part of, and most importantly, participating will have a sense of ownership because personnel are an important driver of an organization. Therefore, Participatory leadership in personnel management is an interesting management method. This research aimed to 1) study the personnel management of schools under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, and 2) study the participative leadership of school administrators. And 3) To create an equation for predicting the participative leadership of school administrators affecting personnel management under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1.

Methodology: The sample group was school administrators and teachers. Classified as 25 school administrators and 302 teachers, the sample was determined from the Krejcie and Morgan table by stratified random sampling using the school's size as the stratum for randomization. The research instrument was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire. The reliability of the school personnel management questionnaire was 0.95, and the reliability of the participative leadership of school administrators was 0.95. Statistics used include frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation, and stepwise multiple regression

Results: The study's findings revealed that: 1) The personnel management of schools was all rated at a high level. The greatest influence was “Recruitment and selection of personnel” and “Recruitment and appointment of personnel”, followed by “Personnel development”. And the lowest-rated aspect was “Punishment and Morale building”. 2) The participative leadership of school administrators was rated at a high level. The greatest influence was “Participation in benefits”, followed by “Participation in operations”. And the lowest-rated aspect was “Participation in the decision”. 3) Participative leadership of school administrators affects the personnel management of schools with statistical significance at the 0.05 level. “Setting common goals and objectives” had the greatest influence, followed by “Participation in evaluation”, “Participation in the decision”, “Participation in benefits,” and “Participation in operations”, respectively. The multiple correlation coefficient between these factors and the personnel management of schools was 0.862. These factors could explain 74.30% of the variance in the personnel management of schools. The predictive equations were developed as follows in the Standardized Score Equation:

 _y = 0.310X₁ + 0.225X₄ + 0.201X₂ + 0.138X₅ + 0.102X₃

Conclusion: Participatory leadership of school administrators affects the personnel management of the school under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The most influential is participatory leadership in setting shared goals and objectives. However, the lowest influence is operational participation.