Factors Affecting Individual Spirit at Work of Healthcare Professionals In Crowns Prince Hospitals Thailand.
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This research aims to study: 1. individual spirit at work of healthcare personnel the Crowns Prince hospitals, Thailand; and 2. factors affecting individual spirit at work of healthcare personnel the Crowns Prince hospitals, Thailand. The sample of this research consisted of 300 personnel including doctors, dentists, pharmacists and nurses who worked at 21 Crowns Prince hospitals in Thailand, selected by multi-stage sampling. A questionnaire that has Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.96 was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and a structured equation model. The research findings indicated that the four factors of spirit at work including Inner life, meaning and purpose in work, sense and connection of community and spiritual connection had in influence on individual spirit at work of healthcare personnel in the Crowns Prince Hospitals, at a high to very high level. Furthermore, the analysis of the structural equation model (SEM) showed that spiritual leadership, organizational culture and appropriate job design significantly affected the individual spirit at work of the respondents. These research findings led to a recommendation that in promoting spirit at work of individual, it is necessary for an organization to give more importance on these spirits at work factors.
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บทความที่ปรากฏในวารสารนี้ เป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียน ซึ่งสมาคมนักวิจัยไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วยเสมอไป การนำเสนอผลงานวิจัยและบทความในวารสารนี้ไปเผยแพร่สามารถกระทำได้ โดยระบุแหล่งอ้างอิงจาก "วารสารสมาคมนักวิจัย"
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