Authentic Leadership, Workplace Spirituality, Perceived Organizational Support and Police Inspector Engagement in a Police Bureau in The Royal Thai Police
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Abstract
The objectives of this research were to study 1) the level of authentic leadership, workplace spirituality, perceived organizational support and employee engagement, 2) the relationship between authentic leadership, workplace spirituality, perceived organizational support and employee engagement and 3) to study influence of authentic leadership, workplace spirituality, perceived organizational support on employee engagement. The samples of this research had been taken from 207 police inspectors in a police bureau in The Royal Thai Police. The data was collected through questionnaires. The results showed that 1) The level of authentic leadership and employee engagement were rather high. The level of workplace spirituality and perceived organizational support were medium. 2) Authentic leadership and workplace spirituality had positive relationship with employee engagement at .01 level of significance. Perceived organizational support had positive relationship with employee engagement at .05 level of significance. 3) Authentic leadership and workplace spirituality could predict 15.1% of employee engagement at .001 level of significant.
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ขอมอบลิขสิทธิ์บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ให้แก่สถาบันเสริมศึกษาและทรัพยากรมนุษย์ กรณีมีการฟ้องร้องเรื่องการละเมิดลิขสิทธิ์เกี่ยวกับภาพ กราฟ ข้อความส่วนใดส่วนหนึ่ง และ/หรือข้อคิดเห็นที่ปรากฎในบทความ ให้เป็นความรับผิดชอบของข้าพเจ้าและผู้เขียนร่วมแต่เพียงผู้เดียว
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