Leadership in the 21st Century of School Administrators Affecting Work Happiness of Teachers under the Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the level of 21st-century leadership of school administrators, 2) to examine the level of happiness at work of teachers in schools, 3) to analyze the relationship and predictive equations between the 21st-century leadership of school administrators and the happiness at work of teachers and 4) to study 21^st leadership of school administrators affecting the happiness at work of teachers. The research sample, determined using the Krejcie and Morgan table, consisted of 303 individuals. The research instrument was a questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis.

The research findings were as follows:

• School administrators under the Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 demonstrated a high level of 21st-century leadership overall across all four aspects (x̄ = 3.96). When ranked by mean scores, creativity had the highest mean (x̄ = 4.00), followed by communication (x̄ = 3.97) and vision (x̄ = 3.96), while collaboration had the lowest mean (x̄ = 3.95).
• Teachers under the Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 reported a high level of work happiness overall (x̄ = 3.97) across all five aspects. When ranked by mean scores, achievement in work had the highest mean (x̄ = 3.99), followed by interpersonal relations (x̄ = 3.98), quality of work life (x̄ = 3.97), recognition (x̄ = 3.97), and job satisfaction (x̄ = 3.96) as the lowest.
• The correlation coefficient between the 21st-century leadership of school administrators and the happiness at work of teachers under the Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 showed that all aspects were positively correlated at a moderate level, with statistical significance at the .05 level (r = .461 or 46.1 percent).
• There were four aspects of 21st-century leadership of school administrators that affected the happiness at work of teachers under the Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, namely collaboration (X₄), communication (X₁), vision (X₂), and creativity (X₃). The multiple correlation coefficient was .654 (R = .654), which was statistically significant at the .05 level. The coefficient of determination or predictive power was 42.80 percent (R2 = 0.428). The equations in raw score and standardized score forms are as follows:

Unstandardized Score Predictive Equation

          Ŷ = 1.349+ 0.176* (X₄) + 0.211*(X₁) + 0.148*(X₃) + 0.128*(X₂)

Standardized Score Predictive Equation

Ž = 0.239 Z₄ + 0.283 Z₁ + 0.220 Z₃ + 0.184 Z₂