Abstract:
The research objectives were to study components of Buddhist leadership of administrators in nursing institutes, to develop Buddhist leadership indicators of administrators in nursing institutes and to testify the harmoniousness of structural relation model of Buddhist leadership indicators of administrators in nursing institutes. The mixed research methods were used in the study. The study process started with documentary study, and followed by interview, group discussion, try-out, data collection and data analysis. The IOC value of questionnaire assessed by experts was at 0.71-1.00 and reliability value from try-out with 30 teachers and administrators from non-sample group was at 0.96. The data were collected from 500 samples consisting of teachers and administrators of nursing institutes under Phra Boromratchanok Institute by 5-rating scale questionnaires. The confirmatory factors were analyzed by AMOS program and harmoniousness by Chi-Square, CMIN/df., Comparative Fit Index: CFI, Goodness of Fit Index: GFI, Incremental fit index; IFI, Normed fit index; NFI), Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index: AGFI, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation: RMSEA, and Root Mean Square Residual: RMR.
The results of the study found that:
1. Buddhist leadership indicators of administrators in nursing institutes consist of 3 main factors and 9 minor factors. The first main factor, Self-managing, consists of principles on the Threefold Training, Brahmavihara Dhamma and Sappurisa Dhamma. The second main factor, people managing, consists of principles of Kalyanamitta Dhamma, Sangahavatthu Dhamma and Saraniya Dhamma. The third main factor, task-managing, consists of principles of the Four Noble Truths, Dasabidharaja Dhamma and Iddhipada.
2. The development of Buddhist based leadership indicators of administrators in nursing institutes with 49 indicators consists of 14 indicators in self-managing, 17 indicators in people managing and 18 indicators in task managing. The appropriateness of indicators was at the high level.
3. The test of harmoniousness of structural relation model of Buddhist based leadership indicators of administrators in nursing institutes was relevant to empirical information as follows;
The model of Buddhist leadership indicators of administrators in nursing institutes was relevant to empirical information found each indicator to have a coefficient of 0.56 0.98 and R2 at 30.80% - 96.60%. The model had good consistency with evidence-based data with Chi-square = 8.808, df = 6.0, Sig. = 0.185, CMIN/df = 1.468, CFI = 1.000, GFI = 0.996, AGFI = 0.971, RMSEA = 0.031, NFI = 0.999, IFI = 1.000 and RMR = 0.002.