The Conceptual Framework: The Quality of Work Life and Employee Engagement in an Organization that Has Adopted the Guideline for Adopting the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy in the Industrial Sector

Abstract

The Sufficiency Economy is a philosophy which has been initiatedby His Majesty the King Bhumipol Adulyadej of Thailand. This Philosophy bases on a holistic concept and suggests avoiding extreme thoughts, behaviors, and actions and points the way to a sustainable development, better able to meet challenges arising from both external and internal changes. Recently, the Management System Certification Institute of Thailand (MASCI) and the Institute of Sufficiency Economy (ISE) has developed the Guideline for Adopting the PSE in the Industrial Sector. This Guideline has been introduced as an organization development tool aiming at organizational sustainability. This paper aimed to develop the conceptual framework, illustrating the possible impacts of adopting the Guideline in a manufacturing organization which being drawn upon an extensive literature review on the Philosophy of Sufficiency Economy (PSE), Quality of Work Life (QWL) and Employee Engagement (EE). The proposed conceptual framework suggests that having adopted the Guideline in a manufacturing organization will lead to better employees’ quality of work life and more employee engagement and QWL will mediate the relationship between adopting the Guideline and the employee engagement.