THE ANTECEDENTS OF HAPPINESS AT WORK AND ITS IMPACT ON ORGANIZAIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR AMONG STAFF IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THAILAND

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to investigate general condition of transformational leadership, practice according to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy, happiness at work, and organizational citizenship behaviors, and 2) to construct a causal relationship model of the antecedents of happiness at work and the effect on organizational citizenship behaviors of staff in public higher education institutions in Thailand. An online questionnaire was used as a research instrument for collecting data from the sample of 400 staff in Thailand’s public higher education institutions. Data were then analyzed by using AMOS Structural Equation Modeling program. The results indicated that transformational leadership and practice according to the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy had a positive influence on the sample’s happiness at work. In addition, harmony values of the model were at a good level. This implied that a causal relationship model of the antecedents of happiness at work and the effect on organizational citizenship behaviors of staff in public higher education institutions in Thailand was harmonious with empirical data.