The Factors Affecting the Ethical Leadership of School Administrators under the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 4, Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

          This research article aimed to study: 1) the level of factors related to ethical leadership, 2) the level of their ethical leadership and 3) the factors influencing them under the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 4. This was a quantitative research study. The sample group consisted of 297 school administrators and teachers at the schools in the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 4. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

           The findings indicated that: 1) the factors, related to ethical leadership of the school administrators in the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 4, were overall at a high level. A consideration of each dimension revealed that both the ethical organizational climate and organizational culture were at a high level, with mean scores of 4.38, 4.42, and 4.41, respectively. 2) The overall level of ethical leadership of school administrators under the Chiang Rai Primary Educational Service Area Office 4 was high, with a mean score of 4.46. Furthermore, (3) for the organizational culture dimension, administrators’ personal characteristics and the situational aspect significantly influenced the ethical leadership of school administrators at the .01 level of statistical significance. The regression analysis equation can be presented as follows:

            = 1.653 + 0.274(X4 )  + 0.253(X1 )  + 0.114(X2)