The Relationship between Leadership and job Motivation of teachers Under the Rayong Primary Education Office Area 2

Abstract

The Objectives of this Research were to: 1) study level of leadership of       the teachers who worked for schools under the Rayong Primary Education Office Area 2; 2) examine the level of motivations at work of these teachers;                  and 3) investigate a relationship between leadership and motivations of these teachers. This research was a quantitative research. The research sample consisted    of 272 the teachers working for the schools under the Rayong Primary Education Office Area 2. In the academic year 2019. First, the schools with a predetermined size were selected, then the teachers of these schools were selected via simple random sampling technique. The Data were collected through the use of a 5-scale questionnaire which had a confidence interval of 0.95. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The results of the research showed that:     1) in overall, the  leadership of the teachers was rated at a high level ( = 3.62), and when considering at each aspect, it was found that all the aspects were also at a high level; these, sorted in a descending order, were  being a role model in terms of teaching ( = 3.65), participating in the development activities; their transformative leadership ( = 3.63); and development of self and peers ( = 3.55) 2), respectively; 2) the overall motivations of the teachers were rated at a high level ( = 3.65), and when considering at each aspect, it was also found that all of the aspects were rated at a high level; these, sorted in a descending order, were the characteristics of work performed ( = 3.68); career path ( = 3.66); being respected and recognized            ( = 3.62); and accomplishment in work ( = 3.62), respectively; and 3)the correlation coefficient between teachers’ leadership and their motivations were low in overall (r_xy = 0.25 **),  and had a significant positive correlation at .01 level. When considering the relationship in each aspect, it was found that all of the relationships were between low - medium levels (between 0.05 - 0.33); the relationship between self-development and peers (X₁)  and the teachers' motivations was at a medium level (r_xy = 0.33 **); that between being a role model in terms of teaching model (X₂) and teachers’ motivation was at a low level (r_xy = 0.28 **); and teachers’ transformative leadership (X₄) and their motivations was also at a low level            (r_xy = 0.25 **). All of these relationships had a positive correlation with a .01 level of statistical significance.