Administrator? S Competencies for Private Vocational Colleges in Bangkok
Keywords:
Administrator?s competencies, Private Vocational College, BangkokAbstract
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The objectives of this research were (1) to determine the components and indicators of administrator?s competencies for private vocational colleges in Bangkok; and (2) to propose and verify the administrator?s competencies model for private vocational colleges in Bangkok.
The research was a mixed method, including qualitative and quantitative research. The population consisted of 75 private vocational colleges in Bangkok, and selected to study by simple random sampling method, totaling 64 colleges, the representative of population were one administrator and four senior teachers in each college, totaling 320 persons. The instruments used for data collection were semi-structured interview and a five-level rating scale questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were descriptive statistics, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA.) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA.).?
The research results reveal that (1) there were six components and 37 indicators of administrator?s competencies for private vocational colleges in Bangkok, consisting of: leadership competency, directing subordinate competency, personal competency, professional competency, managerial competency, and analyzing and deciding competency; (2) the administrator?s competencies model for private vocational colleges in Bangkok that developed was consistent with the empirical data. The value of Relative Chi-square (?2/df) = 1.91, Degree of Freedom (df) = 155, Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) = 0.95, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = 0.98, and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.05, all in line with specified criteria. And the key components had the weight between 0.91-0.97 higher than 0.70.
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