Job Satisfaction as the Mediator Linked between Organizational Culture and Self-Efficacy to Job Performance in the Case of a Petrochemical Industry in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Rayong Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study 1) the level of organizational culture, self-awareness, job satisfaction, and job performance 2) job satisfaction as the mediator linked between the organizational culture and job performance, and 3) job satisfaction as the mediator linked between the self-awareness and job performance. This research is quantitative research, the samples used in the research were 100 employees of the petrochemical industry in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Rayong province. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The descriptive statistics used in research are the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and structural equation model (SEM). The results revealed that 1) the organizational culture, self-awareness, job satisfaction, and job performance were at a high level in all factors with average values of 4.13, 4.23, 3.91, and 4.27 respectively and the standard deviation values were 0.892, 0.692, 0.977 and 0.680 respectively, 2) the factors organizational culture, self-awareness, and job satisfaction have directly influencing job performance were 0.001, 0.288, and 0.584 respectively, organizational culture and self-awareness indirectly influenced job performance were 0.191 and 0.054, and 3) organizational culture and self-awareness have directly influencing job satisfaction were 0.664 and 0.186. The results of this research show that self-awareness has a greater effect on job performance than organizational culture and job satisfaction.