Factors of Synergistic Leadership of Administrator Affecting the Quality of Teachers’ Working Life in Schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality

Abstract

 The purposes of this research were; 1) to study factors of synergistic leadership of administrator and the level of the quality of teachers' working life in schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality, 2) to compare factors of synergistic leadership of administrator and the quality of teachers' working life in schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality classified by academic standing and teaching experience, and 3) to study factors of synergistic leadership of administrator that affects the quality of teachers' working life in schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality. The samples used in this study consisted of 137 teachers from schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality. The sample size was determined by using the Krejcie & Morgan tables to determine the sample size. The tools used for data collection were 5 rating scale questionnaires based on Likert's method. The consistency was between 0.60 - 1.00 and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient with reliability was at 0.996. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, Standard Deviation, T-test, F-test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis.

 The results of the research showed that: 1) the perspective factors of synergistic leadership of administrators affected the quality of teachers' working life in schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality were at a high level. The first highest mean factor was facilitation, followed by integration of learning, and sequential learning, and the last factor was to create collaborative work processes. The quality of teachers' working life in schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality was at a high level. The highest average value was the job characteristics that were beneficial to society, followed by the opportunity to develop personnel's ability, and the balance between working life and the other side of life, respectively. 2) the comparison of teachers' opinions on compliance with factors of synergistic leadership of administrator and the quality of teachers’ working life in schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality classified by academic standing and teaching experience was not significantly different at the level of 0.05 and 3) the factors of synergistic leadership of administrators affected the quality of teachers’ working life in schools under Nakhon Ratchasima City Municipality such as work integration, the facilities, and services, could predict the quality of teachers’ working life at 65.80%.