ADMINISTRATIVE FACTORS AFFECTING WORK HAPPINESS OF PERSONNEL IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN CHACHOENGSAO PROVINCE

Abstract

      The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the administrative factors of the vocational schools in Chachoengsao Province, 2) to study the happiness at work of the personnel in the vocational schools in Chachoengsao Province, 3) to study the relationship between the administrative factors and the  happiness at work of personnel under vocational education in Chachoengsao province, and 4) to study administrative factors affecting happiness at work of personnel under vocational education in Chachoengsao province.  The samples consisted of 194 personnel in vocational education institutions in Chachoengsao. They were obtained by multi-stage randomization by comparing the proportions between the number of samples and divided by educational institutions and then simply randomizing academic staff. The instrument used in the research was a 5-level estimation scale questionnaire and the statistics used in the research were percentage, mean score, standard deviation, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results showed that:

1.   Administrative factors of educational institutions under vocational education in Chachoengsao overall and in every aspect was at a high level.
2.   Happiness in working of personnel under vocational education in Chachoengsao overall and in every aspect was at the highest level.
3.   Administrative factors positively correlated with happiness at work of personnel under vocational education in Chachoengsao was statistically significant at the .05 level.
4. For organizational factors in terms of environment Leadership, the cooperation of the stakeholders could predict happiness at work of personnel under vocational education in Chachoengsao with a predictive power of 93.40%.