The School Conflict Management of the Administrators under the Jurisdiction of the Office of Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area 1

Abstract

The objectives of the research were to study the school conflict management of the administrators under the jurisdiction of the Office of Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area 1, to compare the conflict management as classified by sex, positions, and working experience and to explore the recommendations on the conflict management of the administrators under study. 

The samples used in the present research were 152 school administrators and 338 teachers under the jurisdiction of the Office of Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area 1. They were derived by sampling according to Krejcie and Morgan’s table. The research instrument was a five-rating scale questionnaire of a total confidence value equivalent to .95. Statistics used in data analysis were percentage, frequency, standard deviation and t-test.

The research findings were as follows.

1. The school conflict management of the administrators under the jurisdiction of the Office of Sisaket Primary Educational Service Area 1 was found at a high level.


2. Concerning a comparison of the school conflict management by the administrators under study as classified by sex, positions, and working experience, there was no difference found.

            3. Considering the recommendations on the school conflict management, it was recommended that the school administrators should thouroughly study the school context, they should adopt the appropriate method to management the school conflict,  they should be aware of the causes leading to conflict and adopt a variety of methods to solve the problems. Furthermore, they should be willing to listen to all parties concerned and impartially provide support to different parties.  They should realize that it was their duties to advise all parties to be aware of their own tasks and do their best to avoid conflict and all kinds of arguments which could lead to conflict.