An An Analysis of Proactive Leadership Factors of School Administrators Under Phetchabun Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study proactive leadership components of school administrators, and 2) validate the goodness-of-fit of the proactive leadership model for administrators under Phetchabun Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 against empirical data. The sample comprised 300 administrators and teachers. A 5-level rating scale questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed using fundamental statistics and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Findings revealed: 1) Overall proactive leadership was at a high level across all components. Specifically, independent will had the highest mean, followed by self-awareness, imagination, and conscience; planning had the lowest mean. All studied variables were normally distributed (skewness: -1.064 to -0.509; kurtosis: -0.504 to 0.750). 2) The second-order CFA indicated the model fitted the empirical data excellently (χ² =88.641, df=85, p=.372, CFI=0.999, TLI=0.999, RMSEA=0.012, SRMR=0.028). Thus, the proactive leadership model is consistent with empirical evidence.