Validation and Invariance Analysis of Causal Relationship Model of Work Happiness among Employees of Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems (Thailand) Limited
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This research aimed to; 1) study relationship between all observed variables with in work happiness model. 2) Validate of the structural causal relationship of work happiness model. 3) Analyze the direct, the indirect and the total effects of the causal relationship model of work happiness. 4) Test the invariance of the causal relationship model of work happiness between groups staffs and operators. The samples were 500 employees who were working in Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems (Thailand) Limited, Rayong province, selected by multi-stage random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire (Rating Scale) six levels. The analysis were; analyzing the primary data, validating of the model and test the invariance of the model by Structural Equation Model (SEM). The research results were; 1) The relationship between all pairs of variables had statistical significant at the .01 level. 2) The causal relationship model of work happiness according to the hypothesis had a good fit with the empirical data. 3) Job satisfaction had a direct effect to work happiness while interpersonal relationship and work environment had an indirect effect to work happiness with statistically significant at the .01. The job satisfaction, interpersonal relationship and work environment could explain the variance of work happiness as much as 79.90 percent. 4) The causal relationship model of work happiness between groups staffs and operators partial invariance.
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