JOB MOTIVATION AFFECTING ON JOB EFFICIENCY THROUGH QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: A CASE STUDY OF WORKERS IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF SAKON NAKON PROVINCE, THAILAND

Inntuon  Pongpit; Chattawat  Limpsurapong; Laddaporn  Kunkaew

Inntuon Pongpit Graduate Student of Kasetsart University, Thailand
Chattawat Limpsurapong Department of Business Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Management Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand
Laddaporn Kunkaew Department of Business Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Management Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Abstract

The purposes of the research were to study; 1) The effects of job motivation on quality of worklife2) The effects of job motivation on organizational commitment 3) The effects of job motivation on job efficiency 4) The effects of quality of work life on organizational commitment 5) The effects of quality of work life on job efficiency 6) The effects of organizational commitment on job efficiency 7) To test the relationship between job motivation and organizational commitment with quality of work life as an intervening variable and 8) To test the relationship between quality of work life and job efficiency with organizational commitment as an intervening variable.In this research the focus target population include,workers in construction industry of Sakon Nakon province, for a total of 26,545 people. The instrument used within the study was a questionnaire. The statistical tools used included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression analysis.
The hypothesis testing found that motivation factors wasn't influence on quality of work life; hygiene Factors was statistically significant positive influence on quality of work life by the standardized coefficients (β) was 0.436; motivation factors and hygiene factors wasn't influence on organizational commitment; motivation Factors was statistically significant positive influence on job efficiency by the standardized coefficients (β) was .496; hygiene Factors wasn't influence on Job Efficiency; quality of work life was statistically significant positive influence on organizational commitment by the standardized coefficients (β) was .876; quality of work life wasn't influence on Job Efficiency; organizational commitment was statistically significant positive influence on job efficiency by the standardized coefficients (β) was .883; quality of work life was the mediating variable for the relationship between job motivation and organizational commitment by the standardized coefficients (β) was .813 and organizational commitment was the mediating variable for the relationship between quality of work life and Job efficiency by the standardized coefficients (β) was .686
In conclusion, hygiene factors had significantly influenced on quality of work life, motivation factors had significantly influenced on job efficiency, quality of work life had significantly influenced on organizational commitment, organizational commitment had significantly influenced on job efficiency, quality of work life was the mediating variable for the relationship between job motivation and organizational commitment, organizational commitment was the mediating variable for the relationship between quality of work life and job efficiency. Therefore, it can be concluded that motivation factors and hygiene factors had statistically significant positive influence on job efficiency through quality of work life and organizational commitment