Leadership Development in accordance with Sappurisadhamma 7 Principles of the Administrative Monks under Sangha Region10

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the leadership development in accordance with Sappurisadhamma 7 principles of the administrative monks under Sangha Region 10; 2) to study factors affecting the leadership development in accordance with Sappurisadhamma 7 principles of the administrative monks under Sangha Region 10; 3) to study the guidelines of the leadership development in accordance with Sappurisadhamma 7 principles of the administrative monks under Sangha Region 10. The researcher used the Mixed Methods Research which was composed of: 1) Qualitative Research by interviewing 16 persons and analyzing contents; and 2) Quantitative Research by collecting data from the questionnaires of sampling groups of 400 persons in 6 provinces under the Sangha Region 10 by using multiple regression analysis.

              The qualitative research found that the leadership development according to the principle of Sappurisadhamma 7 was being a leader who is knowledgeable and able to motivate others to act as intended and to be satisfied in accordance with the Buddhist principles. In addition, the quantitative research found that the factors of the principle of Sappurisadhamma 7 that affected the leadership development towards Sappurisadhamma 7 principles of the administrative monks under Sangha Region 10 was Kàlannutà (knowing the proper time; knowing how to choose and keep time) which had the highest level of opinions (x = 4.48). The five predictive variables were able to predict the leadership development in accordance with Sappurisadhamma 7 principles of administrative monks under Sangha Region 10 with statistical significance at the level of 0.05, with the multiple correlation coefficient equal to 0.542, with the prediction power of 29.40 percent (R Square = 0.294), and the standard error of prediction was 1.914. Regarding to the factors of the leadership development in accordance with Sappurisadhamma 7 principles of the administrative monks under Sangha Region 10, the factor which had the highest level of opinions was the responsibility delegation aspect (= 4.35). The two predictive variables were able to predict the leadership development in accordance with Sappurisadhamma 7 principles of the administrative monks under Sangha Region 10 with statistical significance at the level of 0.05, with the multiple correlation coefficient equal to 0.507, with the prediction power of 25.70 percent (R Square = 0.257), and the standard error of prediction was 1.893.

              Suggestion is that the leadership development should be suitable in the contexts of each temple in order that the development is in accordance with the principle of Parisannutà (knowing the assembly and knowing the society) i.e. the comprehension of personal and cultural differences in the community.