Abstract:
This qualitative and quantity research aimed to study guidelines for management and developing
structural equation model of Muslim labor management in Thai industrial business sector. The data
were collected with number of 500 from those who responsible for human resource management in
small and medium industrial businesses in the three southern border provinces.
The study revealed that the guidelines for Muslim labor management for the achievement of
human resource management in Thai industrial business sector, gaining the highest mean score in the
aspects related to religion support, human resource management, working system, and motivation and
welfare were providing food in accordance with Halal principles, adjusting salary base to meet the
current economic condition, installing emergency system such as fire extinguishing and alarm systems
for workers safety, and providing risk compensation for operations that are at risk or work in risk
areas respectively. Regarding the hypothesis test, it was found that both small and medium industrial
businesses gave no different importance on the guidelines for Muslim labor management for the
achievement of human resource management in Thai industrial business sector at the statistical
significance level of .05.
The analysis of the developed structural equation model showed that it passed the assessment
criteria and was consistent with the empirical data. Its values of Chi-square probability level (CMINp), relative Chi-square (CMIN/DF), goodness of fit index (GFI), and Root Mean Square error of
approximation (RMSEA) were .064, 1.147, .956, and .017, respectively. The motivation and welfare
composition directly influence the religious support composition. The composition of the working
system directly influence the human resource management composition, the composition of
motivation and welfare have a directly on working system composition.