Quality of Working Life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers under the Royal Thai Police

Abstract

The objective of this research were 1) to study the quality level of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers 2) to compare quality of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers, classified by personal factors 3) to study the order of indicators quality of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers 4) to compare the order of indicators quality of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers,classified by personal factors 5) to study opinions and suggestion of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers. The samples consisted of 356 Deputy Superintendent Police Officers. Data were collected by questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One Way ANOVA and content analysis. The results showed that 1) the overall quality in working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers was moderate level with average of 2.92 and standard deviation of .57 2) In comparing the overall quality of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers classified by personal factor, it was found that Police Officers who differed in age, duration of employment and monthly income have the overall quality of working life differences at the statistically significant level of .05. However, there were no difference result in gender, number of children, educational level and marital status. 3) the order of indicators in quality of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers was important at level 1, There are 6 indicators: prioritize accordingly (1) adequate and fair compensation (2) progress and stability (3) the total life space (4) development of human capacities (5) safe and healthy environment and (6) democracy at work 4) In comparing the overall order of indicators in quality of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers classified by personal factor, it revealed that Police Officers who differed in gender, age, marital status, number of children, educational level and monthly income have no differences in quality of working life. Except period of time had the overall quality of working life differences at the statistically significant level of .05 5) Development guidelines in quality of working life of Deputy Superintendent Police Officers are to increase compensation and to appropriate welfare, set clearly process path in the police career , determine the appropriate amount workload according to the suitable working period , develop knowledge in order to work effectively, allocate adequate personnel and materials to perform the work effectively, listen to the opinions and attitudes of the subordinates, clearly define obligation of the workloads and focus on development in proactive public relations system, etc.