SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AFFECTING SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE BANGKOK SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2
Keywords:
Leadership, Situational Leadership, School EffectivenessAbstract
The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the level of situational leadership of school administrators, 2) to study the level of school effectiveness, and 3) to investigate the situational leadership styles of school administrators that affect school effectiveness under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bangkok 2. The sample consisted of 357 teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bangkok 2 during the 2025 academic year, obtained through stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire with a total reliability coefficient of 0.991. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The research findings were as follows: 1) The overall situational leadership of school administrators was at a high level. 2) The overall school effectiveness was at the highest level. 3) The situational leadership of school administrators had a high positive correlation with school effectiveness (r = .790) at a statistically significant level of .05 and 4) The situational leadership styles that significantly affected school effectiveness at the .05 level were participating, directing, coaching (selling), and delegating styles. These variables together predicted 62.50% of the variance in school effectiveness.
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