THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USING POSITION POWER OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND THE TEACHER TEAMWORK UNDER SUKHOTHAI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

 The objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between the exercise of power based on the position of school administrators and teamwork among teachers under Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample of this research consists of 367 school administrators and teachers under Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office2, in the academic year 2023, selected through stratified random sampling based on the proportion of educational administrators and teachers in each district. The data collection tool used in this research is a questionnaire. The statistics used for analyzing the data were mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient.The results of this research were as follow: 1) The exercise of power based on the position of school administrators under Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 was at the highest level in the overall. In the specific terms, it was found that the aspect with the highest mean is legitimate power, followed by coercive power, while the aspect with the lowest mean is the power of reward. 2) Teamwork among teachers under Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 in overall was at the highest level and in separate aspects as written in descending order: team goals, participation and communication 3) The relationship between the exercise of power based on the position of school administrators and teamwork among teachers under Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, was positive at the quite high level at the significance level of .01.