A COMPONENTS ANALYSIS OF THAI YOUTH CHARACTERISTICS IN DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION ERA การวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบคุณลักษณะของเยาวชนไทยในยุค Disruptive Innovation

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to components analysis of Thai youth characteristics in disruptive Innovation era 2) to examine the conformity of components model of Thai youth characteristics in disruptive innovation era. This research was the mix methodology research. The data collection was imposed upon the two forms of research, qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative research has been employed by the open-ended questions for interviewing, for instant, information technology academics, assessment measurement academics information and technology entrepreneurs. On the one hand, the quantitative research manifested in the questionnaires designed for 540 Thai youths in the area of Suphan Buri province, aged between 18-25 years, using stratified random sampling. The statistics for data analysis were exploratory factor analysis by using LISREL program. The findings of the study were as follows: 1) The components analysis of Thai youth characteristics in disruptive Innovation era were composed of 4 factors as following: component of creativity and innovation are weight values between 0.80-0.86, component of information, media and technology are weight values between 0.79-0.88, component of life and career are weight values between 0.82-0.86, component of social and ethical are weight values between 0.81-0.84. 2) The construct validity of structural model which analyzed by the exploratory factor analysis showed by the Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Index is 924.44, degree of freedom (df) is 100, probability (p – value) is 0.00, Comparative of Fit Index (CFI) is 0.96, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) is 0.76 and Root Mean Square Residual (RMR) is 0.051.