Abstract:
The purposes of this research are: 1) to study /describe/define variable of work
resilience and work passion, 2) to develop research questionnaires of job characteristic,
social support, work resilience, and work passion using Exploratory Factor Analysis and
Confirmatory Factor Analysis, 3) to develop and validate a causal model of work passion,
4) to compare the relationship of job characteristic, social support, work resilience, and
work passion in different generations (Gen-BB, Gen-X, Gen-Y), and 5) to compare
participants work passion scores between before and after joining the training programs.
According to the research purposes, this research is divided into five phases.
The data was collected from the participants both teachers and students as follows:
the participants of the first phase consisted of 1 0 Thai school teachers under Local
Government Organizations at Nakhon Si Thammarat province. The participants of the
second, third and fourth phase consisted of 2 2 5, 3 0 7 and 213 Thai school teachers under
Local Government Organizations at Nakhon Si Thammarat province, respectively, obtained
by multi-stage sampling. The participants of the last phase consisted of 16 university
students whose entering the professional experience training. The research tools used in the
first phase were open-ended questionnaires, sound recorder and taking notes. The research
tools used in the second, third, fourth and fifth phase were questionnaires of four rating
scales. Data was analyzed by using: frequency, percentage, mean, standardized deviation,
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA),
Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), t-test, Path Analysis, and Multiple Group
Comparison.
The results show that:
1. Work Resilience have 3 facets of definition 1) ability to manage life 2) ability to
cope with problem, 3) ability to recover. Work Passion refers to behavior of teacher to
remain in school, commit to school, commit to job, work hard, willing to recommend
school to others and proud of teacher profession.
2. Skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback were
confirmed as five facets of job characteristics variable. Belonging, emotional support,
informational support, instrumental support, and spiritual support were confirmed as five
facets of social support variable. Work resilience were classified into three facets :
breakthrough, well-dealing, and bounce back. Work passion were classified into four facets :
passion for organization, passion for duty, passion for growth, and passion for profession.
3. The causal relation model of work passion was significantly fitted with the
empirical data. The statistic values of the final model were : X2= 100.30, df = 79,
p = .053, GFI = .981, AGFI = .928, Standardized RMR = .030 and RMSEA = .047
4. There was invariance of the relationship of job characteristic, social support, work
resilience, and work passion in different generations tested by MANOV A. The causal
relation model of work passion in three generations was fitted with the empirical data.
The statistic values of the final model were: X2= 8.13, df = 7, p = .32, RMSEA = .04
and CFI = 1.00
5. The result of the compared mean scores between pre-test and post-test score of
work passion indicated a statistically significant difference between before and after of 16
university students who participated the program (p < .01).