An Integration of Gharavasa-dhamma for Leadership Development of Executives at Khok Khram Municipality, Bang Pla Ma District, Suphanburi Province

Abstract

This study consisted of the following objectives: 1) to investigate the leadership characteristics of executives at Khok Khram Municipality, Bang Pla Ma District, Suphanburi Province; 2) to compare the opinions of people toward leadership of executives classified by personal factors; and 3) to propose the guidelines for integrating Gharavasa-dhamma for leadership development of executives at Khok Khram Municipality. This study used a mixed-method approach. The sample group used for the quantitative method consisted of 318 people in Khok Khram Municipality, Bang Pla Ma District, Suphanburi Province chosen by stratified random sampling. The tool used for data collection was a questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and f-test of One-Way ANOVA. The data collected from open-ended questionnaire were analyzed by a frequency table. The qualitative method employed in-depth interview to collect data with 14 key informants. The obtained data were analyzed by content analysis. The results were found that: 1) The leadership level of executives at Khok Khram Municipality was overall at the high level. 2) Comparing the opinions of people toward leadership of executives classified by personal factors, people with different educational levels and occupations had different opinions at the statistical significance level of 0.01 whereas no difference in opinions was found among people with different genders, ages, and monthly incomes. 3) The guidelines for integrating Gharavasa-dhamma for leadership development of executives are to incorporate the Gharavasa-dhamma (sacca, dama, khanti, and caga) in work processes of the organization such as planning, goal setting, reorganization, personnel development and monitoring-evaluation.