Interpersonal Skills Based on the Four Brahmavihara Principles of School Administrators Affecting Personnel Management in Schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Suphanburi

Abstract

This study aimed to: (1) examine the interpersonal skills based on the Four Brahmavihāras of school administrators; (2) investigate the level of personnel administration; and                  (3) examine the extent to which school administrators’ interpersonal skills based on the Four Brahmavihāras predict personnel administration under the jurisdiction of the Suphan Buri Secondary Educational Service Area Office. The sample consisted of 317 participants, including school administrators, heads of personnel administration departments, and teachers. The sample size was determined using the Krejcie and Morgan table. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using a statistical software package. The statistical methods included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

The research findings revealed that: 1) The human relations skills based on Brahmavihara 4 of school administrators, both overall and in each aspect, were at a high level. Ranking from the highest to the lowest mean were communication and coordination skills, working with others skills, understanding and accepting others skills, and motivational skills, respectively. 2) The personnel administration, both overall and in each aspect, was at a high level. Ranking from the highest to the lowest mean were efficient recruitment, teacher and staff development, personnel assignment, morale boosting, and counseling and problem-solving, respectively. 3) The human relations skills based on Brahmavihara 4 of school administrators significantly affected personnel administration. Specifically, understanding and accepting others skills, communication and coordination skills, and motivational skills had a positive effect, whereas working with others skills had a negative effect. Together, these four variables could predict the personnel administration at 76.2% The forecast equations derived from the analysis were as follows:

In raw score form

𝑌 ′ = .582 + .516(X₄) + .356(X₂) + .145(X₁) - .166(X₃)

In standard score form

𝑍’ = .547(Z₄) + .395(Z₂) + .144(Z₁) -.165(Z₃)