Factors Analysis of Leadership in the 21st Century of Department Heads Under the Vocationnal Education in Central Region of Thailand

Abstract

The purposes of this research was to analyze the factors of leadership in the 21^st century of department heads under the vocational education in central region of Thailand. The 300 department heads samples were selected by multi - stage random sampling. The research tool was the five-rating scale questionnaire with its reliability of 0.958. The data were analyzed using the exploratory factor analysis method with orthogonal rotation by varimax procedure. The results revealed that there were seven factors of leadership in the 21^st century of department heads under the vocational education in central region of Thailand. They were: 1) Human Relationship Management (14 variables); 2) Achievement-orientation Performance (6 variables); 3) Good Governance (9 variables); 4) Information technology-based decisions (4 variables); 5) Integration of Knowledge and Ability of Leader (6 variables); 6) Having a Holistic Vision (9 variables); and 7) Participatory Risk Management (4 variables). All seven factors could explain the components of leadership in the 21^st century of department heads under the vocational education in central region of Thailand in form of percentage as 62.83.