An Integrative Leadership Development Model for Administrators in the Early Childhood Institues of the Local Administrative Organization in Thailand*

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The purposes of this research were to 1) study the components of integrative leadership for administrators in the Early Childhood Institues of the Local Administrative Organization in Thailand, and 2) develop an integrative leadership development model for administrators in the Early Childhood Institues of the Local Administrative Organization in Thailand. This research employed both the quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. The research samples consisted of 560 administrators of basic education schools.  Research data were collected by the use of 5-scale rating questionnaires, and were statistically analyzed by the secondary confirmatory factor analysis technique via the social sciences analysis Program. In the qualitative study, data were collected via in-depth interviews of 10 experts and a focus-group discussion involving 10 persons. Data were analyzed with the content analysis technique.  Research results showed that 1) the model of components of integrative leadership for administrators in the Early Childhood Institues of the Local Administrative Organization in Thailand, developed by the researcher, was in harmony at the good level with the empirical data; it comprised seven components, namely, administrative leadership, determination of working strategies, proactive work performance, speedy problem solving, thinking outside the traditional framework, working with all stakeholders, and modernity, and 2) the integrative leadership development model for administrators in the Early Childhood Institues of the Local Administrative Organization in Thailand was composed of three strategies, namely, the training strategy, the strategy of having high level policies for promotion of integrative work performance, and the strategy for organizing the school environment that facilitates integrative work performance.