Path analysis of factors affecting decision making behavior and work behavior of employees in a large subdistrict administrative organization in Udon Thani Province, Thailand

Abstract

 The objectives of this research were (1) to study the level of Subdistrict Administrative Organizations (SAO)’ employees opinion on work environment, emotional reaction, work attitude, work behavior, and decision making behavior and (2) to study causal effect of factors affecting on work behavior and decision making behavior of Udon Thani SAOs’ employees. The samples consisted of 500 government officers, permanent workers, temporary workers, and general workers of 20 large SAOs in UdonThani Province. The samples were selected by stratified sampling based on each SOA employee proportions. The data collection tool was questionnaires. The data analysis used were descriptive statistics and path analysis. The result of path analysis indicated that the factor with a direct impact on decision-making behavior was work environment, with total effect of 0.096. The factors that had a direct impact on work behavior were emotional reaction, work environment and work attitude, with total effect of 0.242, 0.236 and ˗0.167 and with direct effect of 0.236, 0.279 and ˗0.167, respectively. Additionally, work environment also had an indirect effect on work behavior, via emotional reaction and work attitude, with the effect of 0.006. Emotional reaction, correspondingly, had an indirect effect on work behavior, via work attitude, with the effect of ˗0.043.