Buddhist Leadership Style for Administrator of Local Government Administration Establishes the People Participation in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand

Authors

  • Jidapa Rangmeesrisuk Faculty of Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi, Thailand

Keywords:

Form, Buddhist Leadership, Local Administrative Organizations, Participation, Integration

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) To study the problems and obstacles of participation in the development of local administration organizations in Ayutthaya Province, 2) To study the concepts, theories, and Buddhist principles that are appropriate for the development of Buddhist leaders of administrators of local administrative organizations in creating the integrated participation in Ayutthaya Province, 3) To present the Buddhist leadership model of administrators of local administrative organizations in creating integrated participation in Ayutthaya Province. This is the Mixed Methodology Research and Quantitative Research using the questionnaires on 394 persons who are administrators, members of council, government officials, employees, and people in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Municipality. This is also the Qualitative Research studying the documents, Buddhist principles, leadership, administration of local administrative organization, and creation of integrated participation for the administration of local administrative organization in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (Documentary Study) and the In Depth Interview on 17 key informants in order to obtain the elements of the leader's approach to leadership of local administration, creating integrated participation, and Focus Group Discussion to create the model of Buddhist Leadership of 12 local government administrators for 2 rounds. The research results reveal that: 1) The level of participation in the integrated development of local administrative organizations in Ayutthaya Province is found to have the mean, standard deviation, and levels of opinions about leadership to create the engagement in the integrated development of local administrative organizations in Ayutthaya Province overall at the highest level. When considering each aspect, it is found that the highest mean is in the aspect of characteristics of leadership in order to create the participation following the principles of Sangahavatthu 4 followed by the characteristics of leadership in the principles of Papanikkadharm 3 at the high level. The least is in the creation of participation in the development of local administrative organizations. 2) Concepts, theories, and Buddhist principles appropriate for the development of Buddhist leadership of the administrators of local administrative organizations to create an integrated participation in Ayutthaya Province are participation, planning, implementation, and monitoring for evaluation. The Buddhist principles are moral Papanikkadharm 3,Lokabandharma, and Sangahavatthu 4. 3) For the forms of integrated Buddhist leadership of the administrators of local administrative organizations, the efficient management will occur from strengthening the administrators to have the leadership with 3 principles of morality; Papanikkadharm 3, Lokabandharma, and Sangahavatthu 4.

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Published

2020-01-05

How to Cite

Rangmeesrisuk, J. (2020). Buddhist Leadership Style for Administrator of Local Government Administration Establishes the People Participation in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. Asian Political Science Review, 2(1), 86–96. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/APSR/article/view/234070