The Relationship between the Ethical Leadership of School Administrators and Happy Organization of Schools under Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 7

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study the ethical leadership of school administrators,           2) study the happy organizations of schools, and 3) study the relationship between the ethical leadership of school administrators and the happy organizations of schools under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 7.The research employed  a survey method. The sample consisted of 331 school administrators and teachers under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 7 in the fiscal year 2025. Stratified random sampling was used, with school size as the strata, and the sample size was determined using the Kreijcie and Morgan table. The research instrument was a 5-point rating scale questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient. The research findings revealed that: 1) The ethical leadership of school administrators, overall, was at a high level. When considered by dimension, most were at the highest level, with the dimension having the highest mean being Trust. 2) The happy organization of schools, overall, was at the highest level. When considered by dimension, most were at the highest level, with the dimension having the highest mean being Morality and Religion Happiness.    3) The relationship between ethical leadership and the happy organization of schools, overall, showed a positive correlation at a moderately high level, statistically significant at the .01 level, with a correlation coefficient of .628.