The Causal Relationship Model of Private School Management for Sustainable Development

Abstract

The study on the causal relationship model of private school management for sustainable development aimed to examine the important factors in the management of private educational institutions for sustainable development and to develop a causal relationship model of private school management for sustainable development. A mixed-method research design was employed in this study. In the quantitative study phase, the sample consisted of 250 private school administrators at the secondary school level and 250 vocational and tertiary education students, for a total of 500 participants, who were selected using stratified selection and a random sampling technique. A questionnaire was used to collect data during this phase. In the qualitative study phase, an in-depth interview with 9 experts was undertaken using the purposive sampling technique, and a structured questionnaire was used as the data collecting instrument. The data was statistically analysed by SD, T-test and AMOS for in-depth findings.
The findings revealed as follows; (1) for the causal factors of private school administration for sustainable development, private school administrators, as participants, expressed a high level of overall importance. When considering each aspect, it was found that the organizational structure factors were the most important factors in the management of private educational institutions for sustainable development at a high level, followed by the human resource factor, organizational management factors, leadership factors, and planning factors at a high level, respectively. (2) The causal relationship model of private school management for sustainable development found that (2.1) the organizational management factors directly influenced the organizational structure factors at a weight of 0.30. It also directly influenced the strategic factor at a weight of 0.31 and directly influenced the human resource factor at a weight of 0.87, all of which were statistically significant at the level of .01. (2.2) The human resources factors directly influenced the strategic factors at a weight of 0.70. It also directly influenced the organizational structure factors at a weight of 0.71 and directly influenced the leadership at a weight of 0.99, with a statistically significant level of .01.