Abstract:
The objectives of this research are 1) to study the levels of perceived self-efficacy, social
support and work motivation of teachers 2) to study the relationship between perceived self-efficacy
and work motivation of teachers 3) to study the relationship between social support and work
motivation of teachers 4) to predict the work motivation of teachers with perceived self-efficacy and
social support. The samples used in the study were 237 teacherss secondary schools in Bangkok
Metropolitan. The research instrument was questionaires. Statistics used to analyse data were
frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and
stepwise multiple regression analysis. The research findings were summarized as follow :
1. Perceived self-efficacy, social support and work motivation of teachers was at high level.
2. There was a relationship between perceived self-efficacy and motivation of teachers with
a statistical significance at .01 level.
3. There was a relationship between social support and work motivation of teachers with
a statistical significance at .01 level.
4. Social support : information, emotion and society and instrument, perceived self-efficacy
: ability evaluation in work, creating positive feelings for oneself and others predicted 66.50 % of
the variance in work motivation of teachers.