Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to 1) process contents from collected documents,
categorize issues and synthesize all materials to build a Job Satisfaction Model, 2) explore and
explain the Psychological Capital, Work Life Balance and Job Satisfaction of employees working
in the jewelry manufacturing business 3) compare the differentiation of Psychological Capital,
Work Life Balance and Job Satisfaction in a cross cultural setting, 4) to develop Psychological
Capital's questionnaire, Work Life Balance's questionnaire and Job Satisfaction's questionnaire,
5) develop and test the Employee Job Satisfaction Model, and 6) promote Work Life Balance of
employees through a self-developed Time Management manual created by researcher. This
research is divided into 5 phases according to the research objectives.
The sample in phase 1 consisted of 73 researches and documents, since 1994 to 2012, which
is in regards to Psychological Capital, Work Life Balance and Job Satisfaction field. The sample
in phase 2 - 5 consisted of employee randomized from 5 companies - Donati Gioelli Co., Ltd.; Oro
Master Casting Factory; Jong-Num Industry (1990) Co., Ltd.; Supapan Limited Partnership and
Khun Hua Group. This research used 5 rating scale questionnaires developed in the third phase for
gathering data. The analytical statistics were applied such as frequency, percentage, standard
deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, Exploratory Factor Analysis,
Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and Path Analysis.
The results indicated that:
1. An Exploratory Factor Analysis of Psychological Capital factor was revealed as
follows: 1) Self-Efficacy consists of 4 components. 2) Hope consists of 3 components. 3)Optimism consists of 4 components. and 4) Resilience consists of 4 components.
2. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Work Life Balance factor was revealed 5 components.
3. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Job Satisfaction factor was revealed 6 components.
4. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Psychological Capital, Work-Life Balance and Job Satisfaction shown that all four components had a significant factor loading score (p < .05).
5. The causal relation model of Job Satisfaction was significantly fitted with the empirical data,. The statistic values of the final model were as follows: x²= 71.4 7, df= 58, p = .11, GFI= .981, AGFI= .960, SRMR = .028, and RMSEA = .022. Psychological Capital and Work
Life Balance could predict 55% of Job Satisfaction.
6. A comparison between Work-Life Balance's pretest-posttest mean score showed significantly difference in Work-Life Balance of employees between before and after self-developed Time Management manual used, at the .01 level.