The Comparative Quality of Working Life between Permanent Employee and Civil Servant of Military Transportation Department

Abstract

               This quantitative research was “The Comparative Quality of Working Life between Permanent Employees and Civil Servants of Military Transportation Department”, the purposes were 1) to study the comparative quality of working life between permanent employees and civil servants of military transportation department and 2) to study factors affecting comparative quality of working life between permanent employees and civil servants of military transportation department. The sample consists of 300 permanent employees and civil servants of military transportation department. This quantitative research interviewed 9 commanders and section chiefs. The data were collected by questionnaires and the interview form and analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson Correlation with statistically significant difference at .05. 
               The result of the research revealed that ; the job characteristic was a high level such as the first was the freedom to work, the importance of work, a variety of job skills, the opportunity to recognize their performance. The quality of working life of employees and government employees were at high level such as democratic organization, integrating social, life balance in workplace, progress and stability in the work, development worker, pride in the success of work, adequate compensation and justice, working conditions safe and healthy were respectively. The employees had work-life lower than government employees. The government employees and employees which different in age, family status, education, time to work and number of family members had difference quality of working life at .05 statistic significant. 
               The job characteristic factors were correlated with the quality of working life at .01 statistic significant. The variable of a variety of skills, the identity of work, the importance of work, the freedom to work and opportunity to recognize their performance to describe the quality of working life of employees was 68.40 percentage.