Administrator Competency Affecting Job Motivation of Ordinary Civil Servants Under The Office of The Private Education Commission

Abstract

The objectives of this article were 1) to study the job motivation of ordinary civil servants under the Office of the Private Education Commission, 2) to explore personal factors and administrator competency under the Office of the Private Education Commission, 3) to compare job motivation of ordinary civil servants under the Office of the Private Education Commission, classified by personal factors, and 4) to study the relationship between administrator competency and job motivation of ordinary civil servants under the Office of the Private Education Commission.
The sample consisted of 134 ordinary civil servants under the Office of the Private Education Commission classified by academic and general category using cluster sampling. The research tool was a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using statistics to determine percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation. The major findings indicated that: 1) The overall motivation of the respondents was at a high level. 2) The overall competency of the administrators was at a high level. 3) The respondents with different personal factors had different job motivations. 4) The six competencies of administrators were statistically significantly related to their motivation to perform official duties at the .01 level.

The findings could be used as information to develop the competence of administrators in accordance with the Office of the Civil Service Commission and develop appropriate competencies in the performance of the administrators of the Office of the Private Education Commission and other government agencies.