The Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Private Companies’ Working Morale in Kanchanaburi Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the morale of employees of private companies in Kanchanaburi Province, 2) to analyze the factors confirming the morale of employees of private companies in Kanchanaburi Province, and 3) to examine the consistency of the model. Work morale of private company employees in Kanchanaburi Province with empirical data. The sample consisted of 400 employees of a private company operating in Kanchanaburi Province by multistage random sampling. The data collection tool was questionnaires, explaining basic information with descriptive statistics and corroborative components were analyzed with the component analysis software package. The results showed that the morale of employees of private companies in Kanchanaburi Province both overall and in each aspect, it was found that it was at the highest level ( =4.23, S.D.=0.48). The confirmation of the component analysis revealed that the weight of the two components was positive and significantly different from zero at the 0.001 level. The results of checking the consistency of the morale model of private company employees in Kanchanaburi Province with empirical data found that the two variables could be used to describe the morale of private company employees in Kanchanaburi Province as When considering the component weights of the observed variables from the questionnaire, the value between 0.79-0.94 is a qualified value. The statistics showed that both factors can be used to build morale in the work of private company employees in Kanchanaburi province according to the assumptions.