Causal Relationship of Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Good Management of Trade Associations

Abstract

The purpose of this research was 1) to study the causal relationship of the factor that affected the effectiveness of good management and 2) to examine the concordance of causal relationship of the factor that affected the effectiveness of good management of trade association. The sample group totaling 260 people was the committees, members, and staffs of trade association, Ministry of Commerce. The sampling method was the selective method that was not relied on probability. The tool in this research was the opinion questionnaire. The statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. For hypothesis
testing, researchers used goodness of fit index which consisted of chi-square value (χ2), goodness of fit index (GFI), root mean square error of approximation value (RMSEA), and comparative fit index (CFI). The cause of the factors affecting the effectiveness of good management for the trade association was analyzed and found that the χ2 value was 386.86 with statistical significance at p-value equal to 0.00. Relative chi-square value (χ2/df), CFI, GFI, adjust goodness of fit index (AGFI) and RMSEA were 6.45, 0.94, 0.81, 0.72, and 0.145, respectively. These values did not pass all criteria. After adjusting the model to meet the criteria which was consistent with the
data, the χ2 value was 39.98 with statistical significance at the p-value equal to 0.25. The relative chi-square value and CFI were 1.14 and 1.00 which passed all criteria. For good management effectiveness, the factors that affected the effectiveness of good management the most were moral and ethical aspects, followed by transparency and participation.