Transformational Leadership of Administrators in the Digital Era Affecting Administrative Effectiveness in Educational Opportunity Expansion Schools Under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2
Abstract:
This research aimed to examine, compare, and determine the relationship, identify predictive power, and establish guidelines for developing transformational leadership of administrators in the digital era, affecting the administrative effectiveness in Educational Opportunity Expansion Schools under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, as perceived by school administrators and teachers. The sample consisted of 305 participants in the 2025 academic year, including 61 school administrators and 244 teachers in Educational Opportunity Expansion Schools under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan's table, and participants were selected through multistage random sampling. The research instrument was a set of 5-point Likert scale questionnaires and an interview form regarding development guidelines. The questionnaires assessing transformational leadership of school administrators in the digital era and the school administrative effectiveness demonstrated discriminative power values ranging from 0.519 to 0.799 and from 0.281 to 0.834, respectively, with the reliability of 0.957 and 0.946. Statistics for data collection were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t - test, One - Way ANNOVA, Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient, and Stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The findings were as follows:
1. The transformational leadership of administrators in the digital era was rated at the highest level overall.
2. The school administrative effectiveness was rated at the highest level overall.
3. The transformational leadership of administrators in the digital era, categorized by positions and work experience, showed no significant differences overall.
4. The school administrative effectiveness, categorized by positions and work experience, showed differences at the .05 level of significance.
5. There was a significant positive correlation at the .01 statistical level between transformational leadership of administrators in the digital era and the school administrative effectiveness, with a high correlation coefficient (rXtYt = 0.822).
6. Five dimensions of transformational leadership of school administrators in the digital era could significantly predict the school administrative effectiveness at the 0.01 statistical level for three aspects, which were stimulating learning alongside technology, being a coordinator who understands individual considerations, being an inspirational motivator to create contemporary organizational culture, and demonstrating idealized influence as a role model to create contemporary organizational culture. One aspect, having a far - reaching vision to accept change, was at the 0.05 level of significance. The predictive power accounted for 69.00%, with a standard error of estimate of ± 0.15370.
7. The proposed development guidelines for transformational leadership of administrators in the digital era comprise four aspects that influence the school administrative effectiveness. These aspects are 1) stimulating learning alongside technology, 2) being a coordinator who understands individual considerations, 3) being an inspirational motivator to create a contemporary organizational culture, and 4) having a far-reaching vision to accept change.