The Influence of Buddhist Philosophy for Achievement in Mitigating the Negative Impacts onWorkers' Performance during the Covid-19 Era
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This article presents the results of a study of the influence of Buddhist philosophy for achievement in mitigating the negative impacts on workers’ performance during the Covid-19 pandemic by using indicators from a survey of happiness of 25,955 employees in organizations from all regions of Thailand. The sampling frame of the survey was established by the National Statistical Office (NSO), which represent of the worker population across 17 industrial sectors, classified according to the Thai Standard Industrial Classification (TSIC) criteria. The authors classify the factors into four practices according to the doctrine of Buddhist philosophy. The results of a binary logistic regression analysis indicate that love of work (Adjusted odd ratio: AOR = 0.73; P-value < 0.01), commitment to effort (AOR = 0.97; P-value <0.05), concentration on work (AOR = 0.97; P-value <0.05), and review of the work (AOR = 0.94; P-value < 0.01) were influential in reducing the likelihood of negative impacts on the worker's overall performance during a crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic. When analyzed by sector of employment, it was found that the love of work, commitment, and concentration on works reduces the likelihood of having a negative impact of work by employees in government and state enterprise organizations. The love of work, concentration on work, and review of the work can help reduce the chances that a crisis will have a negative impact on performance of people working in private organizations. This study highlights the benefits of applying Buddhist philosophy in human resource management to help workers cope with changes in the organization and adapt to a new way of life. The Buddhist philosophy also guidelines human resource development on performance enhancement that appropriate to the organizational context.
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