The study aims to examine happiness level, the relating to happiness, and the ranking of factors that influence happiness level among household heads in urban and rural areas of Thailand. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative analyses. In the quantitative analysis, the researcher measured happiness level and analyzed the factors relating to happiness by means of an interview questionnaire, where the qualitative analysis was in the form of a focus group discussion. In analyzing the data, the study employed univariate analysis (e.g. ...

Managing people for development is not an easy task and at the same time finding a management tool to effectively unleash the potential of employees to contribute to development through a local government system may appear a difficult exercise.  In the management literature, reference is made to several tools developed, especially in private sector, to make organisations monitor and use performance information to measure employees’ performance. However, the managerial principles that govern the public sector make it highly challenging to introduce ...

The objectives of this study were: 1) To investigate the impact of decentralization policy on municipal governments’ budget allocation for education; and 2) To investigate the impact of decentralization policy on the quality of education provided by municipal governments. The methodology for this study can be divided into 2 parts. Firstly, the study of municipal government budget allocation for education was conducted using secondary data from the previous local government budget law passed between 2007and 2013, and results of the first ...

This research aimed to explore how these key factors – leadership styles, board roles and responsibilities, and ICT adoption – are related to the performance of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in Thailand. The resource-based view theory, the agency theory, the resource dependent theory, the institution theory, leadership theories, as well as concepts about ICT adoption were studied to create factors that affect the performance of NPOs. The samples used in this research were 906 NPOs that were registered with the Ministry of Social Development ...

Industrial sector is a fundamental unit in the economic system that promotes employment, raises national income, promotes international trade and increases productivity. Growth in the industrial sector would positively impact employment since labor was considered as the ...

One of the important roles of local government in Thailand is “public service.” In the past, local governments there were limited to this role, but now the central government has delegated more functions to the local governments, which has resulted in local governments having more responsibilities than before. Moreover, some of their duties have become more complicated and difficult to manage, e.g., environmental and infrastructural management. The public service of local government can be improved by using various means; the encouragement of ...

Drawing on modern management theory, organization theory, and empirical studies in the field of education, this paper seeks to examine inter-organizational collaboration (IOC) effectiveness in the field of higher education. The study focuses on the relationship between Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and foreign academic partners in international joint programs (JPs). The objectives of this study are: 1) to identify the determinants of IOC, aimed at achieving effectiveness of IOC in JPs between Vietnamese HEIs and foreign counterparts; ...