A Study of Situational Leadership Condition of School Administrators in Phitsanulok Vocational Education under the Office of Vocational Education Commission

Abstract

         The purposes of this study were 1) to study the levels of situational leadership condition of school administrators in Phitsanulok Vocational Education under the Office of Vocational Education Commission. A sample of this research was 210 school administrators and teachers were included as a sample. Research instruments were questionnaire with rating scales and structural interview guide. The data were analyzed by using mean and standard deviation. and 2) to study the appropriate guidedances of situational leadership condition of school administrators in Phitsanulok Vocational Commission under the Office of Vocational Education Commission. Informants consists of the qualified people who got the master’s degree in education administration and have worked experience in school administration in ten years at least. Also, seven informants were selected by purposive sampling with interviewing.

          The results of this study were:
          1. The levels of situational leadership condition of school administrators in Phitsanulok Vocational Education under the Office of Vocational Education Commission were overall at a high level in all aspects. The results in each aspect found that selling is the highest average, followed by participating, and delegating is the lowest average.
         2. The study the most appropriate guidedances of situational leadership condition of school administrators in Phitsanulok Vocational Commission under the Office of Vocational Education Commission were found that:
        1)  In telling – should define the work duration to be accomplished clearly which must be defined the scope of work, controlled, supervised, and monitoring closely.
       2) In selling – should make an opportunity to the subordinators to make an opinions and inquire, and be an advisor to give an advice and give an opinion to the success of goals.
       3) In participating – should join in thinking, doing, and making a decision to the subordinators in participating in making an opinion to follow the result of work with observing and inquiring.
      4) In delegating – should assign and define the works clearly which give an opportunity for the subordinators to express the knowledge’s and capability efficiently.