THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEADERSHIP SOFT SKILLS AND DECISION-MAKING EFFICIENCY OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS UNDER THE BANGKOK PRIMARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA OFFICE

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study 1) the level of leadership soft skills of school administrators under the Bangkok Primary Education Service Area Office.  2) the level of decision-making efficiency of school administrators under the Bangkok Primary Education Service Area Office. 3) the relationship between leadership soft skills and decision-making efficiency of school administrators under the Bangkok Primary Education Service Area Office. The sample used in this study including 225 teachers who were  the head of 8 learning subject groups in schools under the Bangkok Primary Education Service Area Office in 2021. This tool was a 5 rating scales questionnaire constructed by the researcher with .982 reliability. The statistical used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’ Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.The results were found that 1) the leadership soft skills of school administrators in overall and each aspect were at a high level. 2) the decision-making efficiency of school administrators in overall and  each aspect were at a high level. 3) There was a positive relationship at a very high level between leadership soft skills and decision-making efficiency of school administrators at the .01 significant level, 01 (r=.956 , p < .01)