The Relationship between the Application of the Buddhist Principle of Rajadhamma by School Administrators and Participation of Teachers in Schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1
The Buddhist principle of Rajadhamma is one of the Buddhist principles for a leader or
a ruler to use to rule the country for the peace of the nation and the happiness of the nations citizens. An educational administrator or an educational leader should have virtuous practice guidelines. It is because the virtues are a tool for people to develop their perfections of behavior and that can make those people respected by their colleagues and can improve the colleagues morale and encouragement in the workplace which result in more efficient operations. The purposes of this research were to study: 1) the application of the Buddhist principle of Rajadhamma by school administrators in schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1; 2) the participation of teachers in schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1; and 3) the relationship between the application of the Buddhist principle of Rajadhamma by school administrators and teachers participation in schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The sample was a group of 285 teachers in schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 and was determined by using Krejcie and Morgans table and proportional stratified random sampling and classified by district. The research instrument was a five-rating scale questionnaire about the opinions of the application
of the Buddhist principle of Rajadhamma by school administrators and the participation of teachers in schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.98. The statistics used in data analysis were: percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearsons product-moment correlation coefficient.