Abstract:
The proposes of this study were 1) to study music teacher's opinions on total rewards management 2) to study music teacher's motivation and 3) to study impact of total rewards management on music teachers motivation. Mixed methods research was used to collect quantitative and qualitative data. The population in this research were music teachers in non-formal private music school in Bangkok and surrounding areas. The 186 participants were collected by simple random sampling; and 12 participants were collected by using snowball sampling. The research instruments were survey and semi-structured interview. The quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistic which were percentage, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistic which is Games-Howell test while qualitative data was analyzed by content analysis. The results revealed that 1) music teachers are satisfied by non-financial rewards and intrinsic rewards such as good relationship with owner and staffs ( x̄ = 4.66, SD = 0.66) students satisfaction in learning music ( x̄ = 4.62, SD = 0.60) and students development in musical skills ( x̄ = 4.61, SD = 0.58) which are more than financial rewards, employment benefits and welfare; 2) music teachers motivation to work in non-formal private music school were self-actualization needs ( x̄ = 4.45, SD = 0.58) esteem needs ( x̄ = 4.33, SD = 0.67) and social needs ( x̄ = 4.26, SD = 0.63) 3) the non-formal private music school can motivate music teacher by providing good work environment, listening to teachers opinions. Moreover, the school that has effective operation system, good support from admin staffs, high quality and adequate music instruments attracted music teacher to be willing to work for.