QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AFFECTING THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT OF THE PERSONNEL OF THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN BANPHAENG DISTRICT, NAKHON PHANOM PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of the study included the following: 1) To investigate the level of quality of work life and the organizational commitment of the personnel of the local administrative organizations in Ban Phaeng District, Nakhon Phanom Province; 2) To examine the influences of the quality of work life on the organizational commitment of the personnel of the local administrative organizations in Ban Phaeng District, Nakhon Phanom Province; and 3) To explore and gain guidelines for developing the organizational commitment of the personnel of the local administrative organizations in Ban Phaeng District, Nakhon Phanom Province. The sample group used in the research consisted of 204 personnel of the local administrative organizations in Ban Phaeng District, Nakhon Phanom Province. A questionnaire was used as a tool to collect the data, and the statistics employed for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis. The findings were as follows: 1) The overall quality of work life and the organizational commitment of the personnel of the local administrative organizations in Ban Phaeng District, Nakhon Phanom Province, were at a high level. 2) Quality of work life could be used jointly to correctly predict the organizational commitment of the personnel of the local administrative organizations in Ban Phaeng District, Nakhon Phanom Province, at 63.90 percent, and 3) The guideline obtained for developing the organizational commitment of the personnel of the local administrative organizations in Ban Phaeng District, Nakhon Phanom Province was that the personnel’s quality of work life should be promoted in terms of their fair and adequate incentive/compensation, personal rights in the workplace, and balance between work and personal life.