FOREIGN WORKER’S QUALITY OF WORK LIFE: A CASE STUDY OF TALAD THAI, PATHUM THANI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) to study life quality of foreign workers, a case study of Talad Thai, Pathumthani Province and 2) to compare life quality levels of foreign workers, a case study of Talad Tai, Pathum Thani Province, classified by demographic factors included gender, age, income, marriage-status, nationality and years of work. The sample group of this research is 405 people, selected by using simple random sampling. Questionnaire was used as a tool to collect all data from foreign workers who work in Talad Thai. The statistics used to analyze the data are frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. T-test and One-way ANOVA with F-test statistics. The result of this research shown that foreign workers mostly are male,  age between 25-35 years old,  marriage status is single, average monthly income is between 9,000 – 11,000 baht, Burmese nationality, and duration of work is 2 years.  

For the results of the survey on the life quality of foreign workers, in overall, it was at a good level ( = 3.82). Quality of life in terms of working conditions with regard to safety and health was in the highest level, followed by security and job advancement, democracy in the organization, social integration or collaboration, nature of work that is beneficial to society, the development of a person's abilities, balance between work and personal life and fair compensation, respectively. The results of the comparison in average of life quality of foreign workers a case study of Talad Thai, Pathum Thani Province, found that foreign workers with different ages, incomes, nationalities and number of years worked, the life quality was significantly different at the 0.05 level. And factors of gender and the marriage status have no difference in quality of life.