SERVANT LEADRSHIP OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION IN ROI – ET PROVINCE

Abstract

            The objectives of the research were (1) to study the servant leadership of administrators of local administrative organizations (LAOs) in Rot Et province, and (2) to compare the servant leadership of LAO administrators in RotEt province, classified by organization and status. The population of the research was a total of 4,060 administrators and employees under LAOs in Rot Et province; the 354 research samples were selected through Krejcie and Morgan sampling table, based on the stratified sampling and simple random sampling approaches. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis consisted of frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).

            Research result found that:

1. The basic information of personnel under local administrative organizations in Roi Et Province was found that there were 191 LAO administrators (accounting for 54%), and 222 operational employees (accounting for 62.7%).
2. The servant leadership of LAO administrators in Rot Et province was found to be overall at the highest level (x̄ = 4.59, S.D. = 0.43). Separately considered in the descending order, each aspect was found to be at a high level: Service (x̄ = 4.61, SD = 0.45), Vision (x̄ = 4.61, SD = 0.47), Humility (x̄ = 4.58, SD = 0.48) and Empowerment. (x̄ = 4.54, SD = 0.48), respectively.
3. The comparison of the servant leadership of LAO administrators in Roi Et province, classified by organization, was found to be overall and separately different at a statistically significant level of .05, except only for Vision, which was not found different.
4. The comparison of the servant leadership of LAO administrators in Rot Et province, classified by status, was found to be overall indifferent. Separately considered, Humility was only found to be different at a statistically significant level of .05.