Leadership of Abbots Affecting Sangha Operation in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study: 1) to Leadership of Abbots in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. 2) to Sangha Operation and 3) to Leadership of Abbots Affecting Sangha Operation in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The samples used in the quantitative research consisted of 377 Buddhist monks of temples in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. As to quantitative research it was carried out via In-depth interviews of Administrative monks in each jurisdiction, totaling 10. The instrumentation used in this research were questionnaire and In-depth interview. And data analyzed was carried out via statistical treatment of mean, standard deviation, and Multiple Regression Analysis. 

            The results of the research were as follow: 1) overall Leadership of the abbots was at a high level. Individually, they could be rank from high to low as follows: Enthusiasm Knowledge in the job, followed by Honesty and Ethics Power Leadership and self-confidence, respectively. 2) overall administration of the monks was at a high level. Individually, they could be rank from high to low as follows: Administration, Publication and Propagation, in that order 3) the leadership of the monks upon the administration of monks' via linear equation coned predict administration by 77.20 percent. 4) The hypothesis testing found that Leadership of the abbot of temples in the Bangkok area of power Leadership Honesty and ethics Self-confidence Intelligence Knowledge in the job Enthusiasm Influencing the administration of the monastic affairs with statistical significance at the level of .05