Operational motivation of low cost airlines’s pilots in Thailand.

Abstract

              The purposes of this research are to study 1) operational motivation of low cost airlines’ pilots in Thailand in term of motivational and hygiene factors and 2) personal factors which are sex, age, marital status, education, job position, commercial pilot experiences affecting the operational motivation of pilots in low cost airlines in Thailand. By using Herzberg’s two – factors theory of motivation is as a research framework. The samples of this study are 1,248 pilots selected from low cost airlines operating at Donmuang Airport, Thailand which are Thai Air Asia and Thai Lion Air. The convenience sampling from Taro Yamane formula is applied to get 291 samples. The data are collected by using 5 - rating scale questionnaires. The statistics used in this study are frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and One-way ANOVA.
                The findings reveal that operational motivation of low cost airlines’ pilots in Thailand in term of motivational factors are at high level as an overall. When considering each aspect, responsibility is at high level, followed by achievement, the work itself, recognition and advancement respectively. Moreover, the hygiene factors which show the overall image at high level. When considering each aspect, interpersonal relation is at high level followed by working environment, supervision, salary and company policy and supervision respectively. The result of hypothesis testing is personal factors and motivation showing that age, marital status, job position and commercial pilot experiences affect the motivation of pilot’s performance.

Article history : Received 4 June 2018
                              Revised 11 October 2018
                              Accepted 1 November 2018
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