EMPLOYMENT OF ELDERLY SKILLED WORKERS IN THAI AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

Abstract

This research was Employment of Elderly Skilled Workers in Thai Automobile Industry. The objectives of this research were to study factors affecting to needs of the elderly skilled workers’ employment. Researcher also studied factors affecting to the elderly skilled workers’ job motivation. And then, figure out about appropriate model for the elderly skilled workers’ employment particularly in automobile industry. Sample group was found from 950 of population. The researcher emphasized only for 45 years old and more workers. In this group, all of them were high-skilled employee in automobile industry. This group was found for 400 OEM workers and 550 Tier1workers. By commanding Standard errors not more than 0.05 and 95% of reliability, the researcher put 300 questionnaires into statistics calculation program, SPSS version 25. All the results were found from specialists such as engineers, middle level managers. Then, the researcher set the in-depth interviews with them 6 times. Additionally, they were almost to retire at the age of 55 years. The research results found needs of the elderly skilled workers’ employment emerging. These needs were from firstly 43% of skills, secondly, 40.8% of high salary. And, 19.5% of technic followed. Next, for the elderly skilled workers’ job motivations were extremely from the executives’ acceptance of their abilities, 39.5%. The consecutive factors were 26% of organization commitment and 22.7% of income after retirement. The last one was 15.5% of capabilities realizing by themselves. From the last perspective, employment’s models were developed; there were the followings; Part-time working, Consulting officer, Consultant with short-term contracts. By using Delaying Retirement, we could extend life time of works even longer due to their good health comparing to the past. By the way, there were only 6.7% of the sample group willing to pursue their jobs in Thai Automobile Industry.