SERVANT LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATORS IN PHETCHABUN PROVINCE BASED ON THE BUDDHADHAMMA

Abstract

Objectives of this research were to: 1. Study the characteristics of servant
leadership of local administrative organizations administrators in Petchaboon
Province, 2. Study relationship of Papanikadhamma and servant leadership of local
administrative organizations administrators in Petchaboon Province, 3. Study the
approaches to development of servant leadership characteristics of local
administrative organizations administrators in Petchaboon Province according to
Buddhadhamma
Methodology was the mixed methods; the quantitative and qualitative
methods. The quantitative research collected data from 364 samples, by simple random sampling, from 3,996 people, using Taro Yamane’s formula. The tools for
collecting data were questionnaires, analyzed data with descriptive statistics,
frequency, percentile, mean and standard deviation and hypothesis testing with
Pearson’s corelations. The qualitative research collected data from 24 key
informants, purposefully selected, with structured in-depth-interview form. Data were
also collected from 9 participants in focus group discussion, analyzed data from two
steps by descriptive interpretation.
Findings were as follows:
1. Servant leadership characteristics of local administrative organizations
administrators by overall were at high level with the mean value at 3.52 Each
aspects of characteristics were that: characteristics of service rendering was at middle
level with the mean value at 3.45 The other aspects were at high level with the
mean value at 3.45 Power development was at highest level at 3.55, unselfishness
was at 3.55 and the humbleness was at 3.53 at high level accordingly.
2.The practice of Papanikadhamma of administrators of local administrative
organizations in Petchaboon Province was related to the development of servant
leadership characteristics of local administrative organizations administrators in
Petchaboon Province by overall had relationship at the significant level of 0.01 Each
aspects of servant leadership were at significant level of 0.01 they were service
rendering, unselfishness, power enhancement and humbleness accordingly.
3. Approaches to servant leadership characteristics of local administrative
organizations administrators in Petchaboon Province according Buddhadhamma were
as follows: 1) service rendering according to Buddhadhamma could be developed by
(1) servant leaders aimed to give service with quality and tried to improve the
personnel’s quality of service, (2) servant leaders aimed to use knowledge and skill
to render service effectively for better quality of service with the same resources, (3)
servant leaders aimed to coordinate benefits giving priority to public benefits.
Rendering service continuously and regularly resulting the trust from people in the
organizations. 2) unselfishness according Buddhadhamma could be developed by (1)
servant leaders aimed to express unselfishness physically, verbally and to give with
wisdom, (2) servant leaders aimed to coordinate benefits, give the best to others or
society, not expecting anything in return and (3) servant leaders promote those
personnel who were not selfish. 3) power enhancing according to Buddhadhamma
could be developed by (1) servant leaders aimed to support and create knowledge,
skill and experiences for personnel for duty performance power, (2) servant leaders

aimed to support and develop personnel competency to solve problems by oneself
and empowerment for freely decision making and (3) servant leaders must have
good human relations, enabled to coordinate personnel to work as a team.
(4) humbleness according to Buddhadhamma could be developed by (1) servant
leaders aimed to express humbleness, polite manner, sweet words and kind minds,
(2) servant leaders aimed to render services, opened to criticism and advices from
others and (3) servant leaders must estimate oneself, not to be arrogant, sweet
words with politeness, looking forwards for the success of organizations rather than
that of oneself