The Effects of Self-Development based on Buddhist Psychology Principles to Enhance the Capabilities of Personnel in Engineering Field in the age of Thailand 4.0

Abstract

This mixed method research aimed to study the effects of self-development based on Buddhist psychology principles to enhance the capabilities of personnel in engineering field in the age of Thailand 4.0. The 64 samples, using the G * Power were divided into 32 experimental groups and 32 control groups. The research tools were the capability measurement, behavior observation and self-development program with 14 activities. The experimental training was divided into phase 1 for 3 days, 2 nights, phase 2 for 1 month and follow-up period for 1 month which has been tested before and after the experiment. Research data were analyzed by T-test and Two-way ANOVA. The research found that the performance of engineering personnel in the experimental group had a higher score than before the experiment. And higher than the control group was significantly at the level of .05