Innovative Leadership of School Administrators Affecting Learning Organization of Schools under the Ratchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study the level of innovative leadership of school administrators; 2) study the level of learning organization of schools; and 3) analyze the innovative leadership of school administrators affecting the school as a learning organization under the Ratchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. This study is descriptive research. The sample, consisted of 297 civil service teachers under the Ratchaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, obtained through proportional stratified random sampling by district. The research instrument was a questionnaire developed by the researcher, with a Content Validity Index (IOC) between 0.67–1.00. The reliability coefficient for innovative leadership was 0.87, and for the learning organization, 0.82. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The research findings were as follows: 1. Innovative Leadership: Overall and in each individual aspect, innovative leadership of school administrators was at a high level. These aspects included managing innovation teams, team building, rewarding innovation, finding and working with supporters, developing skills, recruiting for innovation, and creating a climate for innovation, respectively. 2. Learning Organization: The status of the school as a learning organization was overall at a high level. When considering each aspect, all were found to be at a high level, team learning, shared vision, systems thinking, mental models, and personal mastery, respectively. 3. Predictive Analysis: Innovative leadership of school administrators in the finding and working with supporters, managing innovation teams, and creating a climate for innovation could predict the school as a learning organization at 93.90 percent with a statistical significance level of .05. The forecasting equation is as follows: Y ̂tot = 0.16 + 0.50 (X7) + 0.34 (X4) + 0.14 (X1)