Development of a Training Package to Enhancing Innovative Leadership Among Society Expectations for Students of Higher Education Institutions in Thailand

Abstract

The research aimed to 1) study the necessity of innovative leadership characteristics, 2) develop a training package, and 3) study the effectiveness of the training package to enhance the innovative leadership that society expects for Thai higher education students. The sample group consisted of 449 people. The data collection tools were a semi-structured interview and a 5-point scale questionnaire with a reliability of 0.89 for the whole questionnaire and 0.92 for the expectation questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean score, standard deviation, PNI, and one sample t-test. The results of the research found that 1) Observation characteristics There was a need value (PNI = 0.45), a questioning characteristic (PNI = 0.34), a connection characteristic (PNI = 0.30), a networking characteristic (PNI = 0.29) and a trial value (PNI = 0.23), respectively. 2) The training set construction had 5 training units: Open-mindedness, Challenging puzzles, Finding a solution, Collaborating together and Teachers creating teachers. All training units were appropriate. 3) Students who attended the training had higher post-test scores than the pre-test at the .01 level of statistical significance. The observation of the participants' behaviors was at a high level, with an average score of 4.43 and a high level of satisfaction with the organization of the activities, with an average score of 4.09, which was statistically significant at the .001 level.



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Chakrit Pongthong, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand

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Conference: ACEID2025
Stream: Higher education

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