Transformational Leadership of Commercial Bank Executives in Bangkok

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the transformational leadership of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB)’s executives in Bangkok, and 2) to determine the relationship between the acceptance of SCB personnel in Bangkok and transformational leadership of SCB executives, classified by personal factors and leadership model of SCB personnel in Bangkok. The sample of this study was 400 SCB personnel in Bangkok. The research instrument was the questionnaire used to collect data. Data were analyzed through percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The hypothesis testing was conducted by one-way ANOVA and Pearson’s simple correlation.

The results of this research found that:

1. Overall operational personnel had high level of opinion towards transformational leadership of executives (SCB) (  = 4.01). When individual aspects were considered, transformational leadership of SCB executives was rated at high level (  = 3.88-4.11).

2. Overall operational personnel had high level of opinion towards the acceptance and compliance of SCB executives ( x̄ = 3.85). When individual aspects were considered, their acceptance and compliance was rated at high level (  = 3.83-3.93).

3. At both overall and individual aspects, transformational leadership of executives (SCB) and acceptance and compliance was highly positively related with statistical significance level of .05.