Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to identify and compare work motivation of the
personnel in Chantaburi Provincial Administrative Organization, based on their gender, age,
education, number of working years, position, and salary. The sample consisted of 183 officers
and 28-item questionnaires were used to collect the data. A commercial software program for
social science was used and the statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and
standard deviation.
The study revealed a high level of overall work motivation. When each variable was
studied, job security ranked highest, followed by work satisfaction, welfare, work conditions,
relations with superiors, relations with colleagues, and promotion. Work motivation was not
affected by gender and age, but it was affected by education, number of working years, position,
and salary.
The study concluded with the following recommendations: having a clear policy to
encourage job promotion for the types of officers, having transparent and fair salary increase,
incorporating public sector development into the organization, and creating opinion sharing
atmosphere.