Leadership in Local Development under the 4 Dharma Prayer Principles of Administrators and Local Personnel in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province

Abstract

         The objectives of this thesis were 1) to study the leadership in local development according to the 4 Dharma Prayer Principles of administrators and local personnel in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province, 2) to compare the leadership in local development according to the 4 Dharma Prayer Principles of administrators and local personnel in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province. Classified by sex, age, education level and position, and 3) to study the suggestions on leadership in local development according to the 4 Dharma Prayer Principles of administrators and local personnel in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province. The population consisted of 650 administrators and local personnel under local administrative organizations in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province. The sample group was 250 administrators and local personnel under local administrative organizations in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province. A quantitative research approach has been applied. The instrument for data collection was a 5-point scale questionnaire with a Discriminant power between 0.43-0.93 and a confidence level of .977. The statistics used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistics used to test the hypothesis were t-test and F-test (One-Way ANOVA).

         The research found that: 1) The level of leadership in local development according to the 4 Dharma Prayer Principles of administrators and local personnel in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province, overall and per aspect, is at a high level ( = 4.45). For each aspect, ranked from high to low, they were participatory leadership (upasama) ( = 4.48), followed by supportive leadership (upasama) ( = 4.45), and command leadership (panya) ( = 4.44). The aspect with the lowest level was successful leadership (Jaka) ( = 4.43). 2) The comparison of the opinion level towards leadership in local development according to the 4 Dharma prayer principles of administrators and local personnel in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province, classified by sex, age, education level and position, overall and per aspect, has no significant difference. 3) Suggestions for leadership in local development under the 4 Dharma Prayer Principles of administrators and local personnel in Sikhoraphum District, Surin Province, found that administrators should promote, support, and coordinate with other community agencies to build good relationships with each other to express their opinions and exchange knowledge. This leads to wisdom and to joint support to plan actions in order to solve problems. They can follow up and evaluate results for the common benefit. The executives should be truthful and listen to the opinions of personnel to improve work (upasama).