The 21st Century Competencies of Administrators in Private Vocational Colleges under Khon Kaen Provincial Vocational Education Office

Abstract

The objectives of this research were as follows: 1) to study the level of creative leadership of administrators in private vocational education institutions under the Khon Kaen Provincial Office of Vocational Education. and 2).to compare the creative leadership of administrators in private vocational education institutions under the Khon Kaen Provincial Office of Vocational Education based on gender and work experience., with 98 questionnaires returned, representing a 93% response rate. The research instrument was a questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance. The research findings were as follows: 1) The overall level of creative leadership among administrators of private vocational education institutions under the Khon Kaen Provincial Office of Vocational Education was found to be high, with a mean of 4.37. When considering each aspect individually, all aspects were rated at a high level. Ranked from highest to lowest average scores, the aspects were: creativity, vision, flexibility, and imagination, with means of 4.43, 4.40, 4.38, 4.37, 4.33, and 4.32, respectively. 2) The results of the comparison of creative leadership among administrators of private vocational education institutions under the Khon Kaen Provincial Office of Vocational Education by gender and work experience revealed no statistically significant differences in perceptions at the 0.05 level.