THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERVANT LEADERSHIP OF ADMINISTRATORS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF SCHOOLS UNDER NAKHON SI THAMMARAT PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

The purposes of this research aimed to study: 1) the servant leadership of administrator of schools under Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, 2) the organizational culture of schools under Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, and 3) the relationship between the servant leadership of administrators and the organizational culture of schools under Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The samples were 269 teachers teaching at schools under Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The research instrument for collecting the data was a questionnaire with the rating scale, which has Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient at 0.99. The data was analyzed by using a frequency, a percentage, an average, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, and Multiple Regression Analysis. The research findings were as follows: 1) The servant leadership of administrators of schools under Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, both on the whole and in each aspect, was at a high level. When considering each aspect, it was found that the commitment to the growth of people has the highest mean, followed by the empathy others,the building community, conceptualization and foresight respectively. 2)The organizational culture of schools under Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, both on the whole and in each aspect, was at a high level. When considering each aspect, the quality and the caring has the highest mean, followed by the recognition, the empowerment, the school purpose, the decision making, the sense of community and the trust, respectively. 3) The relationship between the servant leadership of administrators and the organizational culture of schools under Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, as a whole, was rated at a very high level (r =.876) which had the statistical significance at the .01 level and the servant leadership of administrators with regard to the aspect of the building community (SBC), the Commitment to the Growth of People (SCGP) and the Conceptualization (SC) were all the influence to the organizational culture of schools which is included with the result forecast towards the organizational culture of schools occurring at 78.7 percent and the statistical significance at the level of .01. The forecasting equation was of  = .651 (Constant) + .476 (SBC) + .238 (SCGP) + .141 (SC).