The Development of Creative Leadership Indicators of Primary School Directors under Primary Educational Service Area Offices in Sakon Nakhon Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to develop creative leadership indicators of primary school directors and to examine the congruence between the developed structural model on creative leadership indicators of primary school directors and the empirical data. The study was divided into 2 phases. The first phase was the development of creative leadership indicators of primary school directors by analyzing relevant documents and researches, while the second phase was the examination of congruence between the developed structural model on creative leadership indicators of primary school directors and the empirical data by confirmatory factor analysis. The sample group consisted of 435 primary school directors who were selected through multi-stage sampling. Data were analyzed by using statistics software and collected by the employment of 5-level rating scale questionnaire with content validity between 0.60-1.00, discrimination value between 0.46-0.91 and overall reliability value, calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient, at 0.99. Used statistics for data analysis involved: mean, standard deviation, chi-square, goodness of fit Index (GFI), adjusted goodness of fit Index (AGFI), root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), and critical N. Research results showed that creative leadership indicators of primary school directors comprise 4 main components, 15 sub-components and 65 indicators. The four components of creative leadership included: flexibility with 9 indicators; creativity with 16 indicators; imagination with 19 indicators, and vision with 22 indicators. The developed structural model on creative leadership indicators of primary school directors showed congruence with the empirical data, (2 =25.96, df=24, p=0.35, GFI=0.99, AGFI=0.96, RMSEA=0.01, CN=702.19). The factor loading of 65 indicators were between 0.45-1.00.