The Relationship Between Leadership in The 21st Century and Performance Motivation of Teachers Under The Khonkaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the leadership in the 21^st century, 2) study the performance motivation of teachers, and 3) study the relationship between leadership in the 21^st century and the performance motivation of teachers. The sample group consisted of 304 school administrators and teachers under the KhonKaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan table. The school administrators were selected using a purposive sampling method. The teachers were selected using a stratified random sampling. The research instrument was the estimation scale questionnaire; the analysis of leadership in the 21^st century had the reliability at .97 and the analysis of performance motivation of teachers had the reliability at .97. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results of the study were as follows: The overall leadership in the 21^st century was at the high level. 2) The overall performance motivation of teachers was at the high level. 3) The leadership in the 21st century and performance motivation of teachers were a positive correlation at the very high level with statistical significance at the .01 level.