Political Behavior of Local Leaders According to People's Views in Pho Tak District, Nong Khai Province

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were as follows: 1) to study the level of political behavior of local leaders; 2) to compare political behavior of local leaders according to their personal factors and the Seven Sappurisadhamma (Qualities of a good man); 3) to study guidelines for promoting political behavior of local leaders according to people's views in Pho Tak District, Nong Khai Province. This study was carried out by means of mixed methods research): quantitative and qualitative. The sample group was 400 people in Pho Tak district, Nong Khai Province and 8 key informants. The statistics used in the research were: Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, t- test (One-way analysis of variance) and the contextual content analysis technique was used for interpreting the qualitative data.
          The results of the research were as follows:
          1) The level of political behavior of local leaders according to people's views in Pho Tak district. Nong Khai Province overall was at a high level in all 3 aspects and that of the Seven Sappurisadhamma overall was at a high level.
          2) The comparison of the political behavior of local leaders according to people's views in Pho Tak District found that people with differences in sexes and ages had views on political behavior of local leaders in Pho Tak district indifferently. The people with differences in the level of education, occupation and monthly income had different opinions on the behavior of local leaders in Pho Tak district with statistical significance at the level of 0.05.
          3) The guideline for promoting political behavior of local leaders according to people's views in Pho Tak District Nong Khai Province and the Seven Sappurisadhamma is that local leaders should be the center of unity, have sincerity in developing appropriate budget allocation, have no prejudice in the development of safety care in emergency situations, help according to distress conditions and help the disadvantaged in the community.