Apidsara Samaksamosorn. Human resource development and employment rate in the paper and packaging business of the Siam Cement Group . Master's Degree(Adult and Continuing Education). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2005.
Human resource development and employment rate in the paper and packaging business of the Siam Cement Group
Abstract:
The research on human resource development and employment rate in the Paper and Packaging Business of the Siam Cement Group studied whether human resource development affects the employment rate of employees or not. The sample used was 84 engineers and sales representatives whose working experiences were 1-6 years. The instrument used was a questionnaire. Statistics used in this research were numbers, percentile, means, Standard deviation and Chi-Square test. Findings: 1. The factors relating to the employment rate of the sample in this research included companys stability (50%), salary received (41.7%), good colleagues (39.3%), welfare obtained (38.1%), and knowledge obtained from work (35.7%). 2. The factors relating to the employment rate of the sample and welfare obtained was associated with the variable on work characteristics (being engineers or sales representatives), good superiors and good colleagues were associated with current residence, and salary received was associated with type of enterprise, all with a statistical significance of 0.5. 3. Human resource development of the Paper and Packaging Business was associated with employment rate of the sample in that the sample paid attention to human resource development. 4. Human resource development activities that affected employment rate the most included challenging assignments and self-led work, field trips to leading companies abroad, funds to continue study abroad, training abroad using funds provided by the organization, intensive training courses abroad, funds to continue study locally, Business Concept Development (BCD), and the Management Development Program (MDP). Conclusions: Factors related to the employment rate of the employees with a working duration of not more than 6 years were the companys stability, salary received, welfare obtained, good colleagues, and knowledge obtained from working. Employees who had not worked for more than 6 years were aged between 21-35 years, which is a period of self-development, and status and stability development; thus factors related to these were the most important. All employees had an opportunity to participate in the activities of the human resource department, depending on activity conditions. The companys reputation was the most important thing that motivated the employees to work in the Paper and Packaging Business and work progress was the major priority of the employees in taking employment in the Paper and Packaging Business.