The Relationship between Creative Leadership and Academic Administration of School Administrators under Nakhonsawan Primary Education Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The purposes of this research were: 1) to study the level of creative leadership of school administrators, 2) to study the level of academic administration of school administrators, and 3) to study the relationship between creative leadership and academic administration of school administrators. The sample group comprised 316 school directors and teachers, with the sample size determined using Taro Yamane’s table and selected via a multi-stage sampling method. The instruments used in this research were a questionnaire on the creative leadership of school administrators, with an Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) ranging from 0.66 to 1.00 and a reliability coefficient of 0.98, and a questionnaire on the academic administration of school administrators, with an IOC ranging from 0.66 to 1.00 and a reliability coefficient of 0.90. The statistics used in this study were the mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. The results showed that: 1) The overall level of creative leadership was at a high level. Considering each dimension, the highest mean score was in the vision dimension, which was at a high level, followed by imagination, also at a high level. The lowest mean score was in the flexibility dimension, which was likewise at a high level. 2) The overall level of academic administration among school administrators was high. Considering each dimension, the highest mean score was in educational guidance, which was at a high level, followed by measurement and evaluation of learning, also at a high level. The lowest mean score was in learning resource development, which was at a high level. 3) The relationship between creative leadership and academic administration among school administrators overall showed a moderate level of positive correlation, consistent with the research hypothesis. Considering each dimension, creative leadership was positively correlated with academic administration, with correlation values ranging from 0.29 to 0.62. The highest correlation was found in the problem-solving dimension, followed by imagination, while the lowest correlation was in vision. All correlations were statistically significant at the 0.01 level.