Abstract:
The objective of this study was to study and compare the transformational
leadership practices of school administrators according to teachers' opinions, classified by
educational level, work experience, and school size. The sample consisted of 306 teachers
using the Krejcie & Morgan formula and Muti-stage sampling. The instrument was a questionnaire
concerning the transformational leadership practices of school administrators with a validity
between 0.67 - 1.00 and a reliability of 0.90. The statistics used for analysis were mean,
standard deviation, one - way analysis of variance, and posthoc test by Scheffe's method.
The study findings were as follows:
1. The transformational leadership practices of school administrators at
the high level (x̅ = 4.11, S.D. = 0.32). When considering each aspect, it was found that
the aspect with the highest average is teamwork, at the high level (x̅ = 4.13, S.D. = 0.35),
followed by the aspect idealized influence, at the high level (x̅ = 4.09, S.D. = 0.31),
and the lowest average the aspect is individualized consideration, at the high level
(x̅ = 3.84, S.D. = 0.63).
2. The comparison of transformational leadership practices of school administrators
according to teachers' opinions, classified by education level, work experience, and school size,
found that overall was a statistically significant difference at 0.05 level, which is consistent
with the hypothesis that teachers with master's degrees have different opinions on
the transformational leadership practices of school administrators compared to those
with bachelor's degrees, teachers with less than five years of work experience have
different opinions on the transformational leadership practices of school administrators
compared to those with 5 - 10 years of experience, teachers working in small schools
have different opinions on the transformational leadership practices of school administrators
compared to those working in large schools.