ANTECEDENT INFLUENCING THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF FIELD GRADE ARMY OFFICERS

Abstract

The success of any organization, whether it is an organization from the public sector or the private sector, depends, of course, on what can help drive those organizations to be successful. This is partly due to the fact that the organization has good and qualified leaders. The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the level of leadership development of middle-level army officers; and 2) to study factors affecting the leadership development of middle-level army officers. A questionnaire was used to collect data from mid-level Army officers across the country with the ranks of Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, and Special Colonel, students who were selected from various units across the country and were studying at the Royal Thai Army College, and the Army Staff School of 387 officers. Statistics were used to analyze the data, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis. The research findings were as follows: 1) Leadership development of middle-level army officers: The overall and individual aspects were at a high level. Adhering to good governance principles in the professional military, fairness in exercising power, and adherence to the military ideology, respectively. 2) Characteristic factor Management, social behavior, and change Affecting the development of leadership in middle-level army officers at 67.2 percent.