Development of Factor and Indicators for Corporate Social Responsibility of Institutes Under Vocational Education Commission

Abstract

This research has the objective to 1) develop the elements and social responsibility indicator of the educational institutes under Vocational Education Commission 2) Structural fidelity test of the elements and social responsibility indicator of the educational institutes under Vocational Education Commission and 3) Verify the accuracy of the conditional of the elements and social responsibility indicator of the educational institutes under Vocational Education Commission. The researcher has conduct research by studying relevant documents and research papers including interview with the qualified to determining the elements and indicators. The tools that used in research is Likert Rating 5 Scales that which has been inspected by the qualified earned reliability for 0.96 and using to the sampling group from the educational institutes under Vocational Education Commission in the area of lower southeastern such as Nakhon Ratchasima, Chaiyaphum, Buriram, Surin, Ubon Ratchathani, Amnat Charoen, Sisaket and Yasothon for 50 institutes. Analyzed by Exploratory Factor Analysis to determine the correct grouping of indicators by confirming statistical values to reduce the number of variables of sub-variables and rotate the perpendicular axis by Varimax Rotation method. After that the indicators obtained from the above operations were used to create a questionnaire and collect the data with the Known Groups such as the institute administrator and instructor from Agricultural and Technology College Roi Et, Vocational College Photong and Pattani Industrial and Community Education College which is an educational institution that has been awarded the royal vocational award 3 times in of 30 persons. The data were analyzed by comparing the average obtained from the high level assessment criteria ( = 3.51) by using the t-test.

The research results showed that: the social responsibility components and indicators of the educational institutes under the Vocational Education Commission consisted of 12 components, 88 indicators. 69.65%. When the found indicators were tested with the known groups, it was found that they were statistically significant for all indicators and it could be confirmed that all 88 indicators were accurate to the condition.