The quality of life according to sufficiency economy and the quality of work life of the government officers, Support Service department, Supreme Command headquarters
Abstract:
This research is aimed to study the quality of life along the path of sufficiency economy, the quality of work life, the relationship between the quality of life along the path of sufficiency economy and the quality of work life, and to compare the quality of life along the path of sufficiency economy and the quality of work life classified by personal factors including sex, age educational background, marital status, income and rank. The sample consists of 310 government officers working in Support Service Department. The tool used for data collection is a created survey questionnaire with reliability of 0.9062. The statistics used for data analysis include Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearsons Correlation Coefficient, Z - Test, and One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
Research findings : the working officers of Support Service Department have the quality of life according to sufficiency economy at the high level ( = 3.59, S.D. = 0.530), while their quality of work life is at the medium level ( = 3.35, S.D. = 0.513). Their quality of life according to sufficiency economy and their quality of work life bear the statistical significant relationship at 0.01, with the r - value of 0.504. The personal factor affecting both the quality of life according to sufficiency economy and the quality of work life is rank, as the research found the difference in action and satisfaction of the personnel of various positions at the statistically significant level of 0.05.
It is advisable that creative activities should be organized to boost self - immunity, budget planning, bookkeeping system, and sensible spending. More fringe benefits should be provided as well. Furthermore, interesting programs should be initiated to allow the government officers of Support Service Department to have supplementary jobs, enable them to live their life along the path of sufficiency economy and have more satisfaction with their work