Welfare Needs and Satisfaction of the Staffs in the Royal Irrigation Department (Samsen)

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1) to study staff satisfaction on present welfares in the Royal Irrigation Department (Samsen), 2) to study welfare needs in the Royal Irrigation Department (Samsen), 3) to compare staff satisfaction on present welfares in the Royal Irrigation Department (Samsen) based on personal factors and, 4) to compare welfare needs in the Royal Irrigation Department (Samsen), based on personal factors. Data collection tool was a questionnaire. The sample of this study were 285 personnel in the Royal Irrigation Department (Samsen). The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and One-Way ANOVA, at the statistical significance level of 0.05 .

          The results showed that personnel in the Royal Irrigation Department (Samsen) of satisfied with the present welfare at the high level. Overall welfare needs were at the medium level. Hypothesis testing results revealed that samples with different gender, age and working duration had different level of satisfaction towards present welfares. Samples with different education, type of position and characteristics of work performed had no different satisfaction towards present welfare. Regarding welfare need, samples with different gender, age, type of position, working duration and characteristics of work performed had significantly different welfare need. However, samples with different level of education had no difference of welfare need.