Abstract:
This research was intended to 1) investigate the relationship between leadership behaviors of school administrator and school performance under Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3, and 2) compare the leadership behaviors of school administrator and school performance, separated by gender, marital status, education, school administration experience, and size of school.
Samples were 247 teachers and school administrators under the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. The questionnaire used as an instrument which has a reliability of 0.87. The statistics composed of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One-way analysis of variance, and correlation coefficient.
The research findings were as follows:
1. The leadership behavior of school administrator under the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 as a whole was at a high level. When considered each aspect of the leadership behaviors were also at a high level, listed in order of mean as follows: task-oriented behaviors and relation-oriented behaviors.
2. School performance under the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 as a whole was at a high level. When considered each aspect of the school performances were also at a high level, listed in descending order of mean as follows: academic, general administration, personnel, and budget.
3. The correlation between leadership behaviors of school administrator and school performance under the Pattani Primary Educational Service Area Office 3 as a whole was at a moderate level (r = 0.651), at .01 level of significance.