BUDDHIST LEADERSHIP OF THE PEOPLE INCLUDING EXECUTIVES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS PAK CHONG MUNICIPALITY, NAKHON RATCHASIMA PROVINCE

Abstract

This research article aims to 1) study the public’s attitude towards the political behavior of executives and members of the municipal council; 2) compare the public’s attitude towards the political behavior of executives and members of the municipal council; and 3) present the public’s Buddhist attitude towards the political behavior of executives and members of the municipal council. The research methodology is a mixed-methods quantitative research using a questionnaire with a reliability of 0.920 from a sample group of 376 people aged 18 and over in Pak Chong Municipality, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Data were analyzed using statistics, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and analysis using t-test and F-test. Qualitative research interviewed 9 key informants and analyzed the content descriptively.

          The research results found that 1) The public’s attitude towards the political behavior of executives and members of the municipal council was at a high level overall ( =3.94, S.D.=0.43). 2) The comparison of the public’s attitude towards the political behavior of executives and members of the municipal council found that people with different genders, education levels, monthly incomes, and occupations had no different attitudes towards the political behavior of executives and members of the municipal council. Therefore, the research hypothesis was rejected. 3) Buddhist attitudes of the people towards the political behavior of the executives and members of the municipal council according to the principle of the Brahmaviharas include: 1) Kindness, caring for the well-being and promoting happiness of the people. 2) Compassion, listening to the problems, sufferings or complaints of the people seriously. 3) Mudita, seeing the value and encouraging the success of the people. 4) Upekkha, making decisions with fairness.