THE GUIDELINES OF HAPPY WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICE OF NONGKHAI PRIMARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA

Abstract

The purpose of this research were: 1) to study the current and desirable conditions of Happy Workplace of school under Primary Educational Service Area 2) to find the guidelines for developing to be Happy Workplace. The research was divided into 2 phases. Phase 1: The study of current and desirable conditions of Happy Workplace of school. The sample consisted 0f 341 teachers selected by the stratified sampling method according to the size of school. The research instrument was a five rating scale questionnaire analyzing based on SPSS to find frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Phase 2: The guidelines for developing to be Happy Workplace of school by using semi-structured interviews consisting of five experts selected by purposive sampling.

         The result of this research revealed that 1) The current conditions overall were moderate level and the desirable conditions overall were at the high level. 2) The guidelines for developing to be Happy Workplace of school were concluded; determining and planning the objectives clearly, having a good physical health, providing materials appropriately, assigning tasks to a person with individual potential, dedicating to common interests, being role models, providing nice atmosphere, supporting activities in school, giving advices about living, giving importance to ones’ family members to be a part of a workplace, planning payments and seek another income living life under sufficiency economy.