TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS UNDER CHONBURI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

The research aims to 1) study levels of transformational leadership of school administrators under Chonburi primary educational service area office 2; 2) compare the transformational leadership of school administrators under Chonburi primary educational service area office 2 classified by gender, educational level, work experience and school size. The sample was 302 teachers under Chonburi primary educational service area office 2 in the academic year 2024. The sample size was determined from Krejcie and Morgan’s table. The proportion of the sample was determined by school size and simple random sampling method. The research instrument was a five-scale rating questionnaire with reliability of .97. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way ANOVA. The research results were found as follows 1) The level of transformational leadership of school administrators under Chonburi primary educational service area office 2 overall and each aspect was high, ranking by mean scores from high to low as follows: idealized influence, individualized consideration, inspirational motivation, and intellectual simulation. 2) The results of comparing transformational leadership of school administrators under Chonburi primary educational service area office 2 revealed that there was no significant difference in transformational leadership based on gender, education, and work experience. When classified by school size, there was a difference with a statistical significance level of .05.