Factors Affecting Work Motivation of Personnel at Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Chiang Yuen District, Mahasarakham Province

Abstract

The personnel of Subdistrict Administrative Organization are resource the important to practice. The motivation for the performance personnel is important to contribute to the performance, quality and achieve the objectives of sub-district. The purposes of this study are to study the factors affecting work motivation and to explore the suggestions for the factors encouraging work motivation of the personnel of Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Chiang Yuen district, Mahasarakham province. The sample group of this study was 171 personnel who worked for Subdistrict Administrative Organization , and 14 personnel of those who are interviewed. The research instruments are the interview form and the rating-scale questionnaire. The data are analyzed and interpreted statistically in terms of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.
The results of the study revealed as follows:
1. The personnel of Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Chiang Yuen district, Mahasarakham province found that all six factors affected work motivation in overall and all perspectives at the high level sorted in descending order of mean as: policy and administration, progress, acceptability, interpersonal relationship, job description, and bonus.
2. According to the suggestions for encouraging work motivation of personnel of Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Chiang Yuen district, Mahasarakham province, it was found that the executives should be impartial for the performance appraisal and determining the professional promotion equally; that the administration should abide by the policies; that the personnel should do the activities to build up the good friendship between the executives and the personnel; that the personnel with the good performance should be rewarded; that the Subdistrict Administrative Organization should put the right personnel on the right job description regarding the personnel’s abilities; that the personnel should be given praise and congratulations, and recognized among the executives and colleagues.
To summarize, the personnel of Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Chiang Yuen district, Mahasarakham province found that those factors affected work motivation in overall at the high level. As a result, the executives placed importance on the personnel in the organizations. In addition, most of the personnel are trusted and well cooperated by the executives and colleagues. Thus, these factors are considered the crucial factors that affected work motivation. According to the results of this study, it was beneficial to the executives and related organizations as the guidelines for encouraging work motivation.