Strategies for Creating a Positive Organizational Culture to Enhance the Management Competency of Quality Schools in Primary Schools Under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Chaiyaphum Province
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This study aimed to (1) examine the current and desired conditions of positive organizational culture in primary schools and identify priority development needs; (2) analyze conceptual linkages among positive organizational culture, strategic leadership practices, and administrative competencies; (3) develop a strategic framework for fostering positive organizational culture; (4) evaluate the quality of the proposed framework; and (5) investigate its preliminary effectiveness in enhancing administrative competencies. A Research and Development (R&D) approach was employed across five phases: needs assessment, conceptual synthesis, framework development, expert validation, and pilot implementation. Data in Phase I were collected from 249 school administrators and analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI_modified). The framework was evaluated by nine experts. Phase V adopted a one-group pretest–posttest design with 33 administrators, and data were analyzed using paired-samples t-tests and effect size estimation.
The findings indicated a substantial gap between current (M = 2.63) and desired conditions (M = 4.47) of positive organizational culture, reflecting a high priority for development (PNI = 0.70). The developed framework was rated highly across all evaluation criteria. The pilot implementation showed statistically significant improvements in administrative competencies (p < .01), with effect sizes ranging from large to very large. These findings suggest that the proposed framework may support improvements in administrative competencies through the integration of strategic leadership practices and positive organizational culture. However, the results should be interpreted with caution due to the one-group design, reliance on self-reported measures, and short-term implementation. Further research using more rigorous designs and multi-source evaluation is recommended.
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