A Study of Factors Influencing Happiness at Work for Supervisors: Hitachi Industrial Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
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This research aimed to study factors influencing happiness at work for supervisors of Hitachi Industrial Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd. through random sampling from 169 supervisor-level employees of Hitachi Industrial Technology (Thailand). The questionnaire was used as a data collection technique, using SEM, or structural equation modeling, to examine the data. The results showed that the level of happiness at work among the respondents was high, and structural validity was consistent with the empirical data. The concordance index was chi-squared at 13.21, df = 5, p-value = 0.86, TLI = 1.12, GFI = 0.96, CFI = 1.06, SRMR = 0.03, and RMSEA = 0.02. The factors that directly and positively influenced each other were of statistical significance at 0.05: 1) relationships at work; 2) recognition; 3) career advancement; 4) work environment; and 5) job characteristics, respectively.
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