Influenced of Psychological Factors on Professional Competence of Oversea Chinese Students in Thailand

Abstract

This research Article Objective of this study 1) to study the current situation of professional competence factors of Oversea Chinese Students in Thailand, 2) to study the correlation between psychological factors and professional competence factors of oversea Chinese students in Thailand, 3) To study the correlation between psychological factors and social support factors of oversea Chinese students in Thailand, 4) to study the correlation between social support factors and professional competence factors of oversea Chinese students in Thailand, and 5) to study effected of social support factors play as the mediating variable between psychological factors and professional competence factors of oversea Chinese students in Thailand. Quantitative and Qualitative research method applied to this study. Calculated by SPSS and AMOS by frequency, mean, standard deviation, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient, to approve SEM model by 1,073 online questionnaires, as well as, in-depth interviewing among 15 respondents, and confirm all result by Delphi Testing with 25 experts for 3 times. Result found almost were female, age between 18-25 years old, the Government Official, study on Master Degree, study at the Private University, Career Position before studied in Thailand were the Operation Position, Career Position after graduated from Thailand were Executive Position, on Professional Level. There were the correlation between the Psychological Factors, Social Support and Performance Competence of Oversea Chinese students in Thailand, at significant .001. The mediating effected of social support of Oversea Chinese students in Thailand between psychological factors and professional competence, shown that the model χ2=1373.382, df=1,114, TLI=.970, CFI=.971, RMSEA=.025, SRMR=.041. The model fitted well.  The standardized path coefficient between Social Support, Psychological Factors and Professional Competence.