Factor Influencing Creative Leadership of the Administrators in the Provincial Administrative Organizations in Thailand

Abstract

This study aims to study the factors influencing creative leadership of the administrators in the Provincial Administrative Organizations (PAO) in Thailand. It is the quantitative research conducting the data from samplings who are working as administrators such as Chief Executive of the PAO, Chief Administrator of the PAO, Director of the Division of Planning and Budgeting, Director of the Division of Finance, and Director of the Office of Technician. There are five samplings in each province for over 76 provinces. Thus, there are 380 participants in total. The research method is a questionnaire, and the data is analyzed by using Univariate Analysis and Descriptive Statistics. The result shows that the majority of the participants were male, aged around 51-60 years, and holding a master’s degree. The duration of their working experience was around 11-20 years, and the experience as administrators was around 1-10 years. After analyzing the factors influencing creative leadership of the administrators in the Provincial Administrative Organizations (PAO) in Thailand, it found that the Age underlying the Factors of Demographic had the highest average score. Also, the Human Relations underlying the Factors of Creative Leadership had the highest average score. Plus, Positive Attitudes in the organization underlying the Factor of Successful Creative Leadership had the highest average score. It is suggested that the factors influencing creative leadership of the administrators in the Provincial Administrative Organizations (PAO) in Thailand are that the administrators must be knowledgeable, creative, and good at human relations in both internal and external organizations. Positive attitudes also help to reinforce the cooperative work leading to the success of the organization.