Factors of Digital Leadership for Basic Education Administrators  in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand

Laddawan Petchroj

Authors

Laddawan Petchroj Master of Education Program, Faculty of Education, Rajapruk University, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Keywords:

Digital leadership, basic education, school administrators, factor analysis

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study digital leadership by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of digital leadership for basic educational administrators in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand. The researcher used a constructed questionnaire with content validity between .67-1.00 and reliability value of .91. The sample was 400 teachers selected by stratified random sampling by school sizes. The data were analyzed by percentages, means, standard deviation and factor analysis. The results were: (1) The digital leadership for basic educational administrators in Nonthaburi Province in total was at the high level: the highest was visionary leadership, followed by talent management, professional practice, data driven, and digital age learning culture. (2) The exploratory factor analysis revealed 4 factors. The first factor was creation innovative digital leadership, followed by visionary leadership, data driven, and professional practice, respectively. (3) The confirmatory factor analysis indicated the fit of empirical data with (c²/df) = 2.00 CFI=.89,RMSEA=.047, CN=254, largest standardized residual=.20. It is expected that the obtained findings on the identified factors can be used as guidelines for human resource training in support of digital leadership in schools under the Basic Education Office at the provincial and national levels.

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