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This study focused on management practices of officials of Sub-district Municipalities in Northern Thailand. Specifically, it is intended to describe the demographic profile of the Municipal Officials in terms of sex, age, level of education, and work experience; determine the management practices of the municipal officials in terms of infrastructure quality of life, community organization, planning, promotion investment, commerce and tourism, management and conservation of natural resources and environment, religion, art, culture, tradition and local knowledge, and administration and support of the mission of government agencies and local administration organizations; determine the level of supporting factors which consist of leadership, readiness, willingness to work, and employee participation. Data were collected via survey conducted on Municipal Officials of Sub-district in Northern-Thailand with a total of 580 participants. The result of the study indicates that the supporting factors consist of leadership, readiness, willingness to work, and employee participation factors are correlated with management practices. The results of comparison on management practices along with the demographic profile had no significant difference when grouped according to sex while on management practices had significant difference when grouped according to age, education level, and work experience at the 0.05 level.
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To Cite this Article: Ngamkana, P. (2021). Management Practices of Sub-district Municipal Officials in Northern Thailand. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(12), 1641–1653.
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