Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the leadership that related to the morale at
work of the personnel of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University. The sample consisted of 331
personnel of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, and the questionnaire was used as the data
collection instrument. The data were analyzed applying descriptive statistics comprising Percentage,
Mean, Standard Deviation, as well as inferential statistics which included Independent Sample t-test,
One-way ANOVA, and Pearson Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance.
The results of the study demonstrated that the majority of the respondents were female,
aged between 31-35 years old, married, graduated with Bachelors degree, had 6-10 years of work
experience, were casual employees, and the most common leadership style was participating, next
below were telling, delegating, and selling respectively. It was found that the overall employees
morale at work and individual aspect were at the moderate level, and could be ranked from high to
low levels as follows, consistency in performance, resignation, and absence from work or leave
request. The results of hypothesis testing showed that different gender, age, level of education, and
current work position caused differences in the overall aspects of morale at work. The differences in
marital status and work experience made differences in morale at work in the aspects of absence
from work or leave request. Moreover, the study revealed that the telling leadership style and the
delegating leadership style had relationship with the morale at work at a very high level, the selling
leadership style had a rather high-relationship level with the morale at work, and the participating
leadership style had a rather low-relationship level with the morale at work at 0.05 level of
significance.