A Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Composite Indicators of Sufficiency Economy Integration of Knowledge Management for Basic Education Principals

Abstract

The purpose of this study  to develop composite indicators of  Sufficiency Economy (SE)  integration of knowledge management for basic education Principals, and  verify  the fit of the indicators  with empirical data. The basic education principals of Phitsanulok province service area in the year 2011 were collect to the research samples by stratified random sampling , 120 units answer  Likert's 5 scale of questionnaire, but only 110 units that answer completely information were used for  analysis by the second order confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The research results shown that, Composite Indicator  from development  consisted of 5 main components and 21 indicators were fitted with the empirical data, determined from the Chi-square values = 107.13, and not statistical significance (p = 0.98224) at zero degrees of freedom (df = 140) indicated that model not different from the empirical data. Goodness of fit index (GFI = 0.91), Standardized RMR = 0.048, and Q-plot curve steeper than the diagonal. The main elements that have the highest priority consisted the knowledge acquisition that focused on participation of indicate issue of the SE philosophy into action of school, as with the main elements of knowledge  usage/utilization that have the highest priority an focused on indicators to enhance the links between the knowledge of the same type in school.

Keywords: Composite indicators, Sufficiency Economy, Knowledge Management