Digital Leadership of School Administrators Affecting the Personnel Development of Mukdahan Primary Educational Service Area Office
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This research aimed to: 1) study the digital leadership of school administrators; 2) investigate personnel development in schools; 3) examine the relationship between the digital leadership of school administrators and personnel development; and 4) analyze the predictive power of digital leadership on personnel development. The sample consisted of 262 participants, including 52 school administrators and 210 teachers, selected through stratified random sampling. The research instruments included a questionnaire on digital leadership and a questionnaire on personnel development.The findings revealed that: (1) overall digital leadership was at a high level; (2) overall personnel development was also at a high level; (3) there was a moderate significant positive correlation (p < .01) between digital leadership and personnel development; and (4) the key variables affecting personnel development were Digital Learning Culture Development, Managing Change in the Digital Era, Digital Communication, and Digital Vision, which collectively predicted 53 percent of the variance.
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