The Relationship between Leadership in 21st Century and Total Quality Management of School Administration under The Secondary Educational Service Area Office Phichit

Abstract

The objectives of this research paper were 1) to study the leadership in the 21^st  century of school administrators under the Secondary Education Service Area Office Phichit; 2) to study Total Quality Management of schools under the Secondary Education Service Area Office Phichit; and 3) to study the relationship between the 21^st  century leadership of school administrators and Total Quality Management of the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Phichit. This research was a quantitative research. A correlational study model was used. The population used in this research was 30 schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Phichit. The sample group used in this research were 56 school administrators and teachers. The research instrument was a 5-level estimation scale questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's correlation coefficient (r). The results of the research were as follows: 1) 21^st century leadership of school administrators under the Secondary Education Service Area Office Phichit was at a high level (  = 4.49, S.D. = 0.47); 2) Total Quality Management (TQM) of the schools under Secondary Education Service Area Office Phichit  was at a high level (  = 4.41, S.D = 0.61); and 3) 21^st century leadership of school administrators had a high positive correlation with Total Quality Management of schools under The Secondary Educational Service Area Office Phichit. It was statistically significant at the .01 level with a Pearson correlation coefficient of .873 (r = .873).