Influence of Administrator Characteristics and Management Behaviors on the Administrative Effectiveness of Local Government Organizations
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Administrator characteristics, administrator management behaviors, administrative effectiveness, local government organizations
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The influence of administrator characteristics and management behaviors on the administrative effectiveness of local government organizations was investigated in Lampang Province, Thailand. A quantitative methodology was used to study a sample of officers (N=416) who worked under local government organizations. A questionnaire with a reliability of .97 was used as the tool for collecting information. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling for testing hypotheses. It was concluded that the proposed model explained the data adequately. The impact of the variables in the proposed model was as follows: 1) administrators’ characteristics had a direct, positive influence on their management behaviors, with a path coefficient of .90; 2) administrators’ characteristics had a direct, positive influence on their administrative effectiveness, with a path coefficient of .77, and an indirect, positive influence on their administrative effectiveness via their management behaviors, with a path coefficient of .22; and 3) administrators’ management behaviors had a direct, positive influence on their administrative effectiveness, with a path coefficient of .24.
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