Factors Influencing Achievement of Implementation of the Regulation of Ethical Officer in Department of Land, B.E. 2552: A Case Study of the Land Office in Three Southern Border Provinces of Thailand

Abstract

The purpose of this research were (1) to study level of achievement of adoption and implementation regulations of ethical officers in Department of Land, B.E. 2552 by examining perception of land office employees (2)to study factors affecting achievement in the adoption and implementation regulations of ethical officers in Department of Land, B.E. 2552 by examining the perception of land office employees and (3) to recommend guidelines for more success in implementing regulations of ethical officers in Department of Land, B.E. 2552. This research is a survey research that applied both qualitative and quantitative approach. The research tools used were (1) a questionnaire to collect data from permanent and contracted government officers working in the Department of Land in three southern border provinces of Thailand. 162 out of 273 officers were selected as a sample, using Taro Yamane formula and stratified sampling technique, and (2) an interview form to collect data from in-depth interview with 3 selected informants, using purposive sampling method. The quantitative data were analyzed using statistics: frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test by One-way ANOVA, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The SWOT and typological analysis were used to analyze qualitative data.
The results showed that (1) the level of achievement of adoption and implementation of regulations was higher than 80 percent, and (2) the factors influencing the achievement, statistically significance 0.05, consisted of clarification of regulations, concepts, culture, new values of government officers and practice and policy and (3) the recommendations were suggested: encouraging and providing support to officers to learn Malay language, organizing a training course on regulations of ethical officers, sending officers to local areas and giving honors to officers with outstanding work ethics.