Buddhist Psychology Factors Influencing Happiness at Work of Personnel of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Headquarter

Abstract

A research article entitled “Buddhist Psychology Factors Influencing Happiness at Work of Personnel of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Headquarter” with objectives including 1. to study the happiness level at work of the personnel of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Headquarter; 2. to compare Buddhist Psychology factors and the happiness level at work of the personnel of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Headquarter; and 3. to present Buddhist Psychology factors influencing happiness at work of the personnel of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Headquarter that was a mixed methods research between a quantitative research using a questionnaire to collect data from 165 samples and a qualitative research using in-depth interview to collect data from 12 key informants, using statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test and LSD to analyze the quantitative data, and using a content analysis for analyzing qualitative data.

Its results revealed that opinions on the happiness level at work were high in all five aspects including working independently, good physical and verbal relationships, love for work, acceptance, and organizational engagement; a comparison of  Buddhist Psychology factors and the happiness level at work of the personnel of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Headquarter found that personnel with gender and age difference had no different opinions on overall and individual happiness at work, and personnel with different status, marital status, educational qualifications, monthly income, working duration and types of personnel had a statistically significant difference in their opinions of happiness at work in working independently and love for work at the 0.05 level; and Buddhist Psychology factors influencing happiness at work of the personnel of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Headquarter referred to the integration of Sanghahavatthu 4 including giving, sweet and gentle words, serving one’s own and common interest and being consistent with Maslow’s hierarchical theory of human needs including physiological needs, safety, social needs, self-esteem and self-actualization resulted in the university personnel’s happiness at work as measured by their working independently, good physical and verbal relationships, love for work, acceptance, and organizational engagement.