THE PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION AFFECTING TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE MOTIVATION UNDER THE NAKHON SI THAMMARAT PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

This article aimed to: 1. study the level of personnel administration; 2. study the level of teachers’ performance motivation 3. examine the relationship between personnel administration and teachers’ performance motivation; and 4. investigate the predictive variables of personnel administration affecting teachers’ work motivation.

            The sample consisted of 322 teachers under Nakhon Si Thammarat Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The research instrument was a questionnaire with an overall reliability coefficient of 0.92 The statistics used for data analysis included frequency, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s product–moment correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis.

            The research findings were as follows:

1. The overall level of personnel administration was at a high level.


2. The overall level of teachers’ performance motivation was at a high level.


3. The relationship between personnel administration and teachers’ performance motivation was found to be positively correlated at a relatively high level, with statistical significance at the .01 level.


4. The aspects of personnel administration that significantly predicted teachers’ work were personnel development, manpower planning, personnel retention, and recruitment. These variables jointly accounted for 63.70 percent of the variance in teachers’ performance motivation (R² = 0.63), with a standard error of estimate of 0.25