A MODEL FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR CHIEF JUDGE OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE

Nopparat Apivimollak*, Chaiya Pawabutra, Watana Suwannatrai  and  Sayan Boonbai

Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University
*Corresponding author: email: a.nop.parat @ hotmail.com Abstract
The purposes of this research were to 1) examine the components of leadership of Chief Judge of the Courts of Justice, construct and develop a model for leadership of Chief Judge of the Courts of Justice, 3) evaluate the developed model before implementation. The research, employed the Research and Development approach, was divided into 3 phases: Phase I was related to model investigation comprised document inquiries and literature reviews. The in-depth interviews were conducted to 18 scholars. The structured interviews was also examined an assessed its appropriateness through 10 experts.  In addition, the five-rating scale of survey questionnaire was administrated examining a level of performance of Chief Judge from 219 courts-the Provincial Court, the Juvenile and Family Court, and Kwaeng Court throughout Thailand. The samples, obtained through the Krejcie and Morgan formula, were 350 persons drawn from a total of 3,978 Justice civil servant, Judge and senior judge, director of administrative office, and section head/unit head. The statistical analysis employed was frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Phase II was related to model draft and establishment comprised model drafting and refinement by 10 experts. Phase III was related to model implementation at 4 courts from the Provincial Courts and the Juvenile and Family Courts under the Office of the Chief Justice, Region IV. The data analysis was mean and standard deviation.

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