Current Situations, Impact Factors and Guidelines for Efficiently Use of Digital Technology in Royal Thai Air Force Affairs

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Montien Pantum
Vasin Chooprayoon

Abstract

The research aimed to study 1) the influence of fundamental factors in digital technology use towards the current state and guidelines for the use of digital technology of the Royal Thai Air Force civil servants, 2) the influence of the current state towards the guidelines, and 3) develop appropriate guidelines for the use of digital technologies of Air Force civil servants for air force affairs. The sample group used in this research was 400 air force civil service officers in the central and provincial areas. The research tool was a questionnaire. The sample group answered the questionnaire 100%. The statistics used in the data analysis were 1) descriptive statistics (percentage, mean and standard deviation calculated statistics), and 2) hypothesis testing statistics are Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.


The hypothesis test yielded 15 influence equations. The current state influences 1) the guidelines regarding information technology infrastructure development. (R2 = .523), 2) digital technology integration (R2 = .567), 3) developing skills for understanding and using digital technology (R2 = .539), and 4) promotion from superiors (R2 = .516).

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