Buddhist Political Leadership of Subistrict Adimnistrative Organization Executives in Muang District, Chaiyaphum Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1)  to study the political leadership level of administrators of subdistrict administrative organizations in Muang District, Chaiyaphum Province 2) to compare the public opinions towards the political leadership of subdistrict administrative organization administrators in Muang District, Chaiyaphum Province, 3) to present the Buddhist political leadership of the administrators of the Subdistrict Administrative Organizations in Muang District, Chaiyaphum Province. The research method was a combined research.  Qualitative research collected data from 9 key informants with in-depth interviews and quantitative research collected data with questionnaires from 400 samples out of 184,431 people. The tools were questionnaires and interview formats. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. The  hypotheses were tested by t-test and F-test and the data were analyzed by description.

The results found that 1) The political leadership level of the executives of subdistrict administrative organizations in Muang District, Chaiyaphum Province overall was high (X= 4.08), classified by side from high to low level as follows: as for personality (X=4.13) as for characteristics (X=4.10) as for behavior (X=4.07) and as for situations (x=4.01) respectively. 2) The comparison of the public opinions toward the political  3)  The presentation of the Buddhist political leadership of the subdistrict administrative organization executives in Muang District, Chaiyaphum Province found that 1)  As for characteristics according to Sappurisadhamma, the political leaders practiced the functions according to set official regulations and joined meetings to organize activities for common interest. 2) As for personality according to Sappurisadhamma, the political leaders were consistent to push cooperation with the local agencies to solve hazard situations. 3) As for behavior according to Sappurisadhamma the political leaders insisted to follow and inquire the hazard situations in community, giving useful information to people. 4) As for situations according to Sappurisadhamma the political leaders received helps from other organizations to prevent disasters in the areas.