A Study of Strategic Leadership Factors of School Administrators Affecting Teachers’ Work Performance under the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 4

Abstract

          This research aimed to study: (1) the level of strategic leadership of school administrators, (2) the level of teachers’ work performance, and (3) the effects of school administrators’ strategic leadership on teachers’ work performance. This study employed quantitative research design. The sample consisted of 291 teachers under the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 4. Data was collected using a questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis included mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

           The research results were as follows:

1. The overall level of strategic leadership of school administrators was at a high level.
2. The overall level of teachers’ job performance was at a high level.
3. The aspects of administrators’ strategic leadership significantly affecting teachers’ job performance at the .01 level were direction setting, strategy implementation, and strategy control and evaluation. Together, these three variables could jointly predict teachers’ work performance at 65.5 percent.