A Holistic Ethical Leadership Development Model Of Sport Association Administrators Of Thailand

Abstract

This research aims to study the characteristics of holistic ethical leadership among sports association administrators in Thailand and to develop a holistic ethical leadership development model for Sports Association administrators of Thailand. The research was conducted by a mixed method and separated into 4 steps: (1) To seek characteristics of holistic ethical leadership of Sports Association administrators of Thailand with qualitative research by conducting in-depth interviews by 6 key informants; (2) to analyze characteristics of holistic ethical leadership in Sports Association administrators of Thailand with quantitative research by conducting 1,053 surveys; (3) to develop a holistic ethical leadership development model for Sports Association administrators of Thailand; and 4) to confirm the model by experts. This research and the development model have two parts: (1) The characteristics of holistic ethical leadership include four components with high eigenvalues (10.44–13.89): ethics and governance, achievement motivation, team building, and faith; and (2) a holistic human resource management is used to develop holistic ethical leadership in 4 processes, recruitment, development, utilization, and retention.