Research in Higher Education Journal Development of a model, Page 1 Development of a Model of Organizational Effectiveness Evaluation for Faculties of Education

The objectives of the present research were: (1) to develop an effective evaluation model for faculties of education at higher education institutions in Thailand; (2) to study causal factors at the field and department levels for correlation and effect in effectiveness of faculties of education. A total of 1,024 samples were stratified randomly, and consisted 4 public autonomous universities and 4 public universities in Thailand. A five-point Likert scale was used to measure the developed instruments, with Cronbach’s alphas ranging from 0.754 to 0.981. Statistical analyses were made based on descriptive statistics, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation. Multilevel confirmatory factor analysis and multilevel causal model analysis were performed using Mplus. The model of organizational effectiveness was described by nine variables. The research results showed that the perceptions of members in faculties of education in public autonomous universities regarding faculty of education effectiveness were quite high for all variables, except for academic development, which was moderate. In the case of public universities, the perceptions of faculty members were quite high for all variables, except for the ability to acquire resources and money, which was moderate. The proposed multilevel causal model of faculty of education effectiveness fits quite well with the empirical data set ( 2χ = 92.210, df = 63, 2χ / df = 1.464, CFI = 0.991