The Economic Planning Unit or EPU of Malaysia and the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board or the NESDB of Thailand play a major role in setting the direction of country development through national development plans. The objectives of this study were to study why the development outcomes of Malaysia are better than those in Thailand in many areas, especially after the 1997 financial crisis, and how organization theory contributes to development plan implementation and effectiveness evaluation. This research was qualitative ...

The aim of this research was to develop the causal relationship model of motivation and masculine culture influencing teachers’ job engagement and performance competency in Bangkok Educational Service Areas.

This research aims to find personal characteristic factors of the executive personnel groups (EPGs), by considering the characteristics of an organization, which leads to different compensation determination. The researcher also adds political relationship factor into consideration. The researcher uses the mixed-method research by in-depth interviews with 25 personnel who involve with the compensation determination process of the target group. Questionnaires were used to collect information from 347 employees in state enterprises from level 5 or ...

The roots of the problem of insurgency and violence in the 3 southern border provinces of Thailand, which occurred 11 years ago, are deeply seated in the areas and have affected every aspect of society. Therefore, this study is intended for an overview of the conflict resolution: policy, process and outcomes. The objectives of this study are to analyze 1) the development of the unrest situation from the past to the present 2) the development of policies to tackle the unrest in the 3 southern border provinces 3) the policy implementation ...

Universities are one of the core and main pillar in building the nation towards Knowledge Based Society (KBS). However, the importance of creating a KBS, the nation higher education system needs to be at par with globally standards. The key factors that contribute in building the nation towards KBS by the higher educational institutions include Governance, Culture, Innovation, Research, Infrastructure, and Information Communication and Technology (ICT). Sharma et al, (2008) study framed four pillars of the knowledge society: Infrastructure, ...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is considered as a one of the debated topic of the corporate study over the last couple of decades. Corporate adopts this concept to its activities by also focusing on something beyond economic, technical, or legal requirements. Specifically, it expands corporate focus to the societal matter. Substantial studies have endeavored to examine its relation to corporate performance. However, the conclusion has not been drawn unanimously. Supporters have believed that CSR activities turn appreciative result to ...

Gender inequality (GI) still prevails due to multi-faceted reasons. Therefore, multi-dimensional approaches to examine the root-causes of GI are necessary. In this regard, with the adoption of multi-perspectives and multi-level analyses, i.e. macro- vs. micro-analysis (OECD membership, gender, and regions), the study aims to find out the key determinants affecting GI in five different models, comprised of 17 socio-economic and institutional determinants: the capability-related model (CRM), the livelihood-related model (LRM), the formal ...

Open government data (OGD) are currently recognized as a strategic asset for public administration. However, there is still a knowledge gap on how data yield their value in practice. Little is known about how to use and unleash the power of OGD. The mismatch between the supply and demand sides may increase costs and limit the potential impacts of the data to produce changes in social, economic, and government outcomes. This dissertation raised simple, but very important questions by asking the following: “What are the determinants that influence ...

The objectives of this research were to assess the impact of the business sector, firm assets, and firm age on corporate governance and to identify the determinants of corporate governance in the overall stock market and business sector. The ultimate objective was to propose policy implications and recommendations in order to enhance corporate governance performance based on empirical evidence from Thai publicly listed companies. The research applies the corporate governance rating 2009 evaluation by the Institute of Directors (IOD) in accordance ...