A Model of Personnel Organization Commitment of Sangha Universities in Thailand

Abstract

The purposes of the research article were 1) to study personnel organization commitment of Sangha Universities in Thailand, 2) to study causal factors towards personnel organization commitment of Sangha Universities in Thailand, and 3) to propose model of personnel organization commitment of Sangha Universities in Thailand. Mixed methods research was used for research design. Eight key informants were selected using purposive sampling whereas the sampling groups of 510 samples were chosen by using simple random sampling. Research tools were interview form and questionnaires. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis and analytic induction while descriptive statistics and statistics for hypothesis testing were used in quantitative data. Results indicated that 1) there were three main aspects that can be explained personnel organization commitment of Sangha Universities in Thailand which were the harmony, organizational participation, and the organizational loyalty. 2) Causal factors towards personnel organization commitment of Sangha Universities in Thailand consisted of 3 endogenous latent variables which were leadership, organizational culture, and human resource management, two exogenous latent variables which were Saraniyadhamma VI (Buddhist Principle) and personnel organization commitment. 3) Model of personnel organization commitment of Sangha Universities in Thailand was a causal model between variables consisted of leadership, organizational culture, and human resource management, and Saraniyadhamma VI. Personnel organization commitment of Sangha Universities in Thailand can be explained by these variables