FACTORS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AFFECTING HAPPINESS AT WORK UNDER THE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE KAMPHANG PHET

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the level of organizational climate as perceived by teachers in schools under the jurisdiction of the Kamphaeng Phet Secondary Educational Service Area Office, 2) to study the level of job satisfaction as perceived by these teachers, 3) to examine the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction among these teachers, and 4) to identify predictors and develop a predictive model for the organizational climate and job satisfaction of teachers in schools under the Kamphaeng Phet Secondary Educational Service Area Office. The participants included 308 teachers from schools under the Kamphaeng Phet Secondary Educational Service Area Office in the 2023 academic year. The sample was selected through stratified random sampling based on school size. Data were collected using a questionnaire that assessed the levels of organizational climate and job satisfaction as perceived by the teachers, divided into three sections: 1) general information of the respondents, 2) organizational climate as perceived by the teachers, and 3) job satisfaction of the teachers. The data were analyzed using basic statistics, including frequency and percentage.    The relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction was examined using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, and the predictors of organizational climate and job satisfaction were analyzed using Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis.

      The research findings were as follows: 1) The overall level of organizational climate factors affecting teachers' job satisfaction in schools under the Kamphaeng Phet Secondary Educational Service Area Office was high (mean = 4.30, S.D. = 0.46). 2) The overall level of job satisfaction of teachers in these schools was also high (mean = 4.34, S.D. = 0.46). 3) The correlation coefficient between organizational climate factors affecting teachers' job satisfaction was positively significant at the 0.01 level, with correlation values ranging from 0.59 to 0.81, indicating low to high levels of relationship. Considering the correlation coefficients between organizational climate factors affecting teachers' job satisfaction (Ytot), a positively significant correlation at the 0.01 level was found, with values ranging from 0.71 to 0.81, indicating a relatively high level of relationship. Six organizational climate factors significantly influenced job satisfaction: organizational policy, organizational structure, leadership, support, rewards and punishment, while intimacy could not predict job satisfaction. The predictive efficiency (R^2) was 0.809, indicating that these five organizational climate factors could jointly predict 80.90% of the job satisfaction of teachers in schools under the Kamphaeng Phet Secondary Educational Service Area Office, with statistical significance at the 0.05 level.