School Administrators’ Management Behaviour Effectiveness: Ratchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office I

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to: 1) explore the effectiveness of management behavior in school administrators working under the office of Ratchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1; and 2) to compare the effectiveness between different school sizes. The sample consisted of 254 head administrators and teachers selected using stratified random sampling. The research used 5-scale rating questionnaire with .988 reliability and statistical analyses were percentage, mean, standard deviation and One-way Analysis of Variance using Scheffe Method. The results showed: 1) the overall level of management behavior effectiveness in school administrators under the office of Ratchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was at a high level, with the highest mean in performance control, followed by goals defining, motivation, communication, decision making and leadership, respectively; and 2) the finding revealed there was no significant difference in management behavior amongst small and medium sized schools, however, a statistical significant difference were found with small and large sized schools as well as between medium and large sized schools at statistical significance of 0.05.