ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AFFECTING SCHOOLS' EFFECTIVENESS UNDER PHATTHALUNG PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the organizational climate, 2) to study schools’ effectiveness, 3) to study the relationship between organizational climate and schools’ effectiveness and 4) to study the organizational climate that affects schools’ effectiveness under Phatthalung Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The research findings revealed that. 1.The level of schools’ organizational climate under Phatthalung Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, in overall and each aspect were rated at a high level. 2. The level of schools’ effectiveness under Phatthalung Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, in overall and each aspect were rated at a high level. 3. The organizational climate and schools’ effectiveness under Phatthalung Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 correlated positively and significantly at .05 level, the correlation coefficient was high (r_xy = 0.831). 4. The organizational climate has 3 aspects as follows; the communication network (X₅),  the goal direction (X₄) and  the size and structure of the organization (X₁). They affect schools’ effectiveness under Phatthalung Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 in overall with statistically significance difference at .01 level that the predictive factors could explain 72.20 percent.