The Influence of Good Governance-based Administration on Administrative Effectiveness of Sub-district Municipalities in Sakon Nakhon Province

Abstract

The objective of this study were to 1)investigate a degree of good governance based on
administration and administrative effectiveness, 2)examine the influence of good governance
based administration on administrative effectiveness, and 3) suggest a way to development of good
governance based administration on administrative effectiveness of sub-district municipalities in
Sakon Nakhon province. A sample used in study was 334 employees of 65 sub-district
municipalities in Sakon Nakhon province. The instrument used in data collection was a
questionnaire; and statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard
deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The statistical significance was determined at
the .05 level.Findings of the study were as follows: 1) The overall administration based on the
principles of good governance of sub-district municipalities in Sakon Nakhon province was at high

level ( X = 3.64). Considering as each aspect, the aspect that gained the highest mean score was
the rule of law principle ( X = 3.73), followed by the participation principle aspect ( X = 3.71), the
transparency principle aspect ( X = 3.64), the value-for- money principle aspect ( X = 3.63), the
accountability principle aspect ( X = 3.60), and the morality principle aspect ( X = 3.49),
respectively. 2) The administrative effectiveness of sub-district municipalities in Sakon Nakhon
province as a whole was at high level ( X = 3.63). Considering as each aspect, all the aspects of
administrative effectiveness were at high level. The aspect that gained the highest mean score was
of service quality ( X = 3.66), followed by the aspects of organizational development ( X = 3.65),
official practice efficiency ( X = 3.61), and effectiveness based on the official practice plan ( X =
3.60), respectively. 3) The analysis of influence of good governance based administration on
administrative effectiveness of sub-district municipalities in Sakon Nakhon province found that
some factors of good governance based administration which had significant influence on
administrative effectiveness at the .05 level were those concerning 5 aspects of principles of good
governance based administration as arranged in the following descending order: the value-formoney principle aspect which had the highest co-efficient of 0.55, followed by the accountability
principle aspect which had a coefficient of 0.16, the morality principle aspect which had a
coefficient of 0.14, the transparency principle aspect which had a coefficient of 0.10, and the
participation principle aspect which had the lowest coefficient of 0.09, respectively. The multiple
correlation coefficient of all the independent variables was able to explain the variance of the
dependent variable (R2
) with a value of 0.88 and able to make a prediction of the equation value by
analysis equal to 0.94, and 4.Guidelines for developing the good governance based administration
consist of 3 aspects: 1) morality principle aspect, 2) accountability principle aspect, and 3) valuefor-money principle aspect.