THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATORS’ EXERCISE OF POWER AND WORK HAPPINESS OF THE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOLS UNDER THE NAKONRATCHASIMA PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to 1) examine the exercise of power of the administrators in the schools under Nakonratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 2) investigate the work happiness of the teachers in             the schools under Nakonratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 and 3) examine the relationship between the administrators’ exercise of power and the work happiness of the teachers in the schools under Nakonratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The study sample were comprised of 162 teachers in the schools under Nakonratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The instrument used for collecting the data was a 5 – point rating scale questionnaire with the reliability of .95. The statistics used for analyzing the collected data were percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.

          The research findings were as follows: 1) the school administrators’ exercise of power was practiced at high level in whole and in part. The listed mean scores in order from the highest to the lowest included referent power, expert power, reward power, coercive power and legitimate power 2) the school teachers’ work happiness was at high level in whole and in part. The listed mean scores in order from the highest to the lowest included job achievement, recognition, work of love and interpersonal connection and 3) the school administrators’ exercise of power positively correlated with the teachers’ work happiness at low level at the .01 level of significance. After item analysis, the relationship between coercive power and reward power was at low level. Furthermore, legitimate power, expert power and referent power correlated with the school administrators’ exercise of power at low level.