A Structural Equation Model of Factors Effecting the Effectiveness of Temple Administration under Bangkok Sangha

Abstract

This study aims 1) to study the components of the effectiveness of temple administration under Bangkok Sangha including leadership, Good governance and People’s faith; 2) to analyze and investigate the consistency of the elements of leadership, Good governance and People’s faith with empirical data; and 3) to analyze and investigate a structural equation model of factors effecting the effectiveness of temple administration under Bangkok Sangha with empirical data. The study is a mixed methods research using In-depth interview to collect qualitative data from 8 experts experienced in temple administration under Bangkok Sangha and a questionnaire to collect quantitative data from a sample of 205 chief abbots. The computer program is used to analyze data in the forms of descriptive statistics, Confirmatory factor analysis and Overall fit. Research results revealed that 1) regarding the components of the effectiveness of temple administration under Bangkok Sangha, a leadership, good governance and people’s faith there was a relationship between independent variables and dependent variables; 2) for the analysis and investigation of the consistency of the elements of leadership, Good governance and People’s faith with empirical data effecting the effectiveness of temple administration under Bangkok Sangha, Chi-square was different from the center with statistical significance at the level of .05 which indicated that the measurement model was consistent with empirical data or had the logical hypothesis consistent with the statistics; 3) for the analysis and investigation of a structural equation model of factors effecting the effectiveness of temple administration under Bangkok Sangha with empirical data, it used the structural equation to explain the effects of a leadership, good governance and people’s faith on the effectiveness of temple administration under Bangkok Sangha that indicated that a leadership, good governance had the effects on the effectiveness of temple administration under Bangkok Sangha with statistical significance at the level of .05, and the people’s faith had the effects on the effectiveness of temple administration under Bangkok Sangha with statistical significance at the level of .01.