FACTORS AFFECTING LEADERSHIP OF SUB-DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY ADMINISTRATORS IN NONTHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

               Objectives of this research were 1. to study the leadership of sub-district municipality administrators in Nonthaburi Province, 2. to study factors affecting the leadership of sub-district municipality administrators in Nonthaburi Province and 3. to propose the implementation of Buddhadhamma principles for leadership development of sub-district municipality administrators in Nonthaburi Province by the mixed methods methodology : The quantitative research collected data from 326 samples who were personnel working at sub-district municipality administrators in Nonthaburi Province. The tools used to collect data were questionnaires with confidence values equal to 0.852, The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and analyzed by descriptive interpretation and the qualitative research collected data from 18 key informants, purposefully selected from the sub-district municipality administrators in Nonthaburi Province. The tools used to collect data were the structured in-depth interview transcript by individually interviewing by analysis of multiple regression (Stepwise Multiple Regression) and the data were also collected from 11 participants in focus group discussion.

          Findings were as follows:

          The leadership development of sub-district municipality administrators in Nonthaburi Province; consisting of democracy, vision, Moral and dare to make decision. The guidelines for the leadership development of sub-district municipality administrators in Nonthaburi Province: Internal factors; consisting of an organizational structure, standard of work, responsibility and the commitment to the organization. In term of external factors; consisting of the changes in Thailand 4.0 era, the expectations of people in the area, collaboration between the municipality and the people and allowing people to participate in the project and Brahmaviharadhamma, the sublime states of mind consisting of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity.