Factor Analysis of Strategic Leadership of School Administrators in the 21st Century Under Kampaeng Phet Secondary Education Service Area Office

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the level of opinion towards the components of strategic leadership of educational administrators in the 21st century, and 2) to analyze the strategic leadership components of educational administrators in the 21st century. The study sample used in this research belongs to the educational district office of Kamphaeng Phet. The sample consists of educational administrators and teachers who are government officials. There are 330 individuals under the supervision of the educational district office of Kamphaeng Phet. The research tools used in this study are a questionnaire on the strategic leadership qualities of educational administrators in the 21st century, measured on a 5-level scale. The statistics used in data analysis include survey analysis and basic statistics such as mean and the standard deviation. The results of the research found as follow : 1)The level of strategic leadership perceptions of educational administrators in the 21st century was found to be high. When considering the components, the component with the highest level of perception was found to be the first component, strategic planning and ethical morality, had an average value of 4.27 and a standard deviation of .01. The component with the lowest level of perception was the third component, organizational culture promotion with participation, with an average value of 4.12 and a standard deviation of .01. 2) The strategic leadership qualities of educational administrators in the 21st century consist of 5 components, which are: Component 1, which is strategic planning and ethical morality, has a weight value ranging from .839 to .962. Component 2, which is innovative thinking, has a weight value ranging from .721 to .856. Component 3, which is promoting a participatory organizational culture, has a weight value ranging from .900 to .943. Component 4, which is internal resource management, has a weight value ranging from .621 to .760. and Component 5, which is shared vision, has a weight value ranging from .812 to .882. All 5 components can explain 74.934% of the total variance.