TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS IN PRACHINBURI PROVINCE

Abstract

 The objectives of this research were (1) to study the transformational leadership of local administrators in Prachinburi Province, (2) to study the problems and obstacles in the development of transformational leadership of local administrators in Prachinburi Province, (3) to study the guidelines for developing the transformational leadership of local administrators in Prachinburi Province. The research was qualitative.  Key informants in this study including 10 local administrators in Prachinburi Province, and 10 local personnel in Prachinburi Province, totaling 20 people by a purposive selection.  The tool was an interview form.  Data was analyzed by a descriptive summary.

The results found that (1) the transformational leadership of local administrators in Prachinburi Province consisted of having influence with ideology, behave as a good example, having confidence in yourself, having morality and ethics in your heart, work hard, inspiration motivate personnel in the organization to be enthusiastic and dedicated to provide opportunities to participate in organizational management, stimulate the use of intelligence: stimulate creativity in work performance, built morale in the work of personnel and  consider the individual: be aware of the diversity of people assign work according to ability, promote the advancement of personnel and always learning new things, (2) the problems and obstacles in the development of transformational leadership of local administrators in Prachinburi Province. It was found that local administrators were unable to provide sufficient work equipment to achieve the organization's goals. Because the organization had a limited budget.  There was still not much decentralization of executive decision-making power to personnel in the organization. Personnel in the organization had different age groups, and administrators did not have time to develop themselves, and (3)  the guidelines for developing transformational leadership of local administrators in Prachinburi Province was found that activities should be organized to promote knowledge in continuous leadership development to keep up with changes in digital age. There was an evaluation of the performance of duties, creating motivation to build leadership and develop yourself and there should be various courses and manuals for leadership development in online formats.