Factor Analysis of Administrative Skills of School Administrators in the Digital Age under Nakhon Pathom Secondary Educational Service

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the factor analysis of administrative skills of school administrators in the digital age. This mixed research was comprised the qualitative and quantitative method. The qualitative research consisted of in-depth interview and empirical evaluation. The key informants were school administrators, teachers, and academic specialists or supervisors totaling 6 informants, derived by purposive sampling. The research instruments were in-depth interviews form and factor’s confirmation form. The data was analyzed by analytic induction and content analysis. The quantitative research were 28 schools under Nakhon Pathom Secondary Educational Service. The informants were 691 school administrators and teachers derived by proportional stratified random sampling as distributed by district. The instrument was a questionnaire. Data was analyzed by exploratory factor analysis with using principal components analysis and orthogonal rotation by varimax. The research results indicated that there were 5 factors of administrative skills of school administrators in the digital age consisted of 1) leadership skills; 2) creative thinking skills; 3) administrative skills; 4) expertise skills; and 5) Relay and Communication Skills. Standardize factor loading between 0.511 - 0.876. All elements are statistically significant at .05 level. This proves that the models of humility can explain the factor analysis of administrative skills of school administrators in the digital age of 73.552 which was appropriate, accurate, feasible and useful the factor analysis of administrative skills of school administrators in the digital age.