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February 5, 20260 citationsOpen Access

The Gatekeeper Effect: Centralized Leadership Dynamics in Thai Secondary Education

The Gatekeeper Effect: Relational Sovereignty and the "Catalytic Hub" of Leadership in Thai Secondary Education

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BTBHROMKHOCH Thiradech

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Overview

Reveals a concentrated relational power affecting access to schools in Thailand, suggesting new leadership paradigms.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore the dynamics of relational power in elite Thai secondary schools.
  • Utilized an explanatory mixed-methods design
  • Analyzed forensic access logs
  • Conducted 66 in-depth interviews
  • Identified a Gatekeeper Effect with a bureaucratic success rate of 13.6%
  • Found informal Director-mediated referrals achieved 100% success
  • Proposed the Catalytic Hub as crucial for optimizing school leadership

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BHROMKHOCH Thiradech (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6984359ef1d9ada3c1fb4a72https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18465828
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