Abstract:
This study aimed to 1) study the approach in managing conflict of secondary school administrators in Uthai Thani Province, and 2) compare their approach of conflict management classified by sex, age, educational qualification and administrative experience.
The population was 148 school administrators, vice school administrators, department heads, and heads of learning area currently working at secondary schools in Uthai Thani Province. The sample size was set by using the table of Krejcie & Morgan. The research instrument was a rating-scale questionnaire. The statistics for data analysis comprised percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance.
The findings revealed that 1)compromising was rated the highest level of conflict management approach followed by collaboration while competition was the lowest, and 2) when the administrators sex, age and their administrative experience were compared, their approach in managing conflict was not different. However, when their educational qualification was considered, the approach of conflict management was statistically different at a significant level of 0.05.