Leadership in the Digital Age for Scout Activity Management Among School Administrators Under Tak Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

This research article aimed to study digital-era leadership in the management of regular scout activities among school administrators under the Tak Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. This research employed a survey research design. The population consisted of school administrators and heads of regular scout activities from 107 schools under the Tak Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The sample group comprised school administrators and heads of regular scout activities from 86 schools, totaling 172 respondents. The sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan's table, and stratified random sampling was employed. The research instrument was a 5-point rating scale questionnaire with an Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) ranging from 0.80 to 1.00 and an overall reliability coefficient of 0.983. The statistics used for data analysis included percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The research findings revealed that the digital-era leadership in the management of regular scout activities among school administrators under the Tak Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was overall at a high level. When considered by dimension, the dimension with the highest mean was digital intelligence, at a high level followed by digital culture building, at a high level and the dimension with the lowest mean was digital innovative thinking, at a high level. All dimensions were at a high level.