THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPATHETIC LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND THE QUALITY OF TEACHERS’ WORK LIFE UNDER THE BANGKOK PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE

Abstract

 The purposes of this research were 1) to study the level of the relationship between empathetic leadership of school administrators and the quality of teachers’ work life under the Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office. 2) to study the level of the quality of teachers’ work life under the Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office and 3) to study the relationship between empathetic leadership of school administrators and the quality of teachers’ work life under the Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office. The population used in this study was teachers in 37 schools under the Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office, using larger schools and teachers who acted as heads of 8 subject groups in each school in the second semester of the 2023 academic year, with a total of 120 teachers. The tool used for data collection was a questionnaire with a 5-level rating scale, with an IOC index between 0.60 and 1.00, at a reliability of 0.97, by analyzing the mean, standard deviation, and calculating the Pearson's Correlation Coefficient. The results were found that 1) the relationship between empathetic leadership of school administrators and the quality of teachers’ work life under the Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office in overall and each aspect were at a high level,  2) the quality of teachers’ work life under the Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office in overall and each aspect were at a high level, and 3) the relationship between empathetic leadership of school administrators and the quality of teachers’ work life under the Bangkok Primary Educational Service Area Office correlated positively at the relatively high level of .01 of statistical significance. (r=.0.684, p < .01)