Browsing GSPA: Dissertations by Title
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Happiness and its influencing factors among household heads in urban and rural areas of Thailand
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2010);
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. ... -
Health decentralization policy to local administrative organizations : an alternative model for Thailand
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2006); -
Hospital charge policy : a case study in Thailand regional hospitals
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2001); -
Hospitality management and its factors : a comparative study of public and private hospitals in Thailand
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2014);
The objectives of this research were to identify the perceived service obtained by customers and to examine the opinion of employees towards hospitality management in both public and private hospitals in Thailand. Based on the objectives of the study, the theoretical linkage between the hospitality factors affecting customer satisfaction, which consist of service, employee behavior, and physical environment, was explored. Moreover, the theoretical linkage between service quality (mediating variable) and employee satisfaction, which consist ... -
How do local governments manage their performance? the effect of psm, organizational, and environmental determinants on effective performance management in Ghana: the case of local government employees in the greater accra region
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2017);
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 ... -
Impact evaluation of EDI policy : a stakeholder approach
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2000); -
Impact of decentralization on education expenditure and quality of education service delivery in Thai local government
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2014);
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 ... -
Impact of leader-member exchange, communication, and corporate social responsibility on employee performance and turnover intention : a case study of True Corporation Public Company Limited
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2019);
During this digital disruption era, many organizations have to prepare themselves to be ready for coping with all the changes. One of the approaches that many organizations choose to perform is to create workforce flexibility by recruiting employees as short-term contract. The other approach is to replace some jobs that are currently performed by human with automation or robot. Anyway, many research papers found that jobs that will continue being performed by human are those jobs that require human skill, for example customer service or sales ... -
Impacts of board roles and responsibilities, leadership styles and information and communication technology adoptions on organizational performance : A study of nonprofit organizations in Thailand
(สถาบันบัณฑิตพัฒนบริหารศาสตร์, 2013);
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 ... -
Impacts of financial restructuring programs on performance of commercial banks in Thailand
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2002); -
Implementation of essential drug policy in public hospital
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2001); -
Implementation of knowledge management : a comparative study of the secretariat of the house of representatives and the senate of the Thai parliament
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2016);
The problem addressed in this study is that little action is taken to create the value of Knowledge Management (KM) implementation for the Thai Parliament. There is a need to increase the understanding of KM in terms of the characteristics, processes, outcomes, and critical success factors (CSFs) in order to integrate a framework to study KM. The purpose of this study was to investigate the KM elements, in terms of characteristics, processes, outcomes, and the CSFs at the Thai Parliament. The research questions were: 1) How do KM characteristics ... -
Influential factors on employment growth rate in the manufacturing industries
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2013);
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 ... -
Innovative leadership affecting organizational performance through organizational culture, strategy of the medium enterprises
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2016);
This research aims to 1) study the level of innovative leadership and organizational performance of the medium enterprises, 2) study the relationship among innovative leadership, organizational culture, and strategy that affect organizational performance of the medium enterprises, and 3) establish and validate the consistency of the causal model of the innovative leadership that affects organizational culture, strategy, and organizational performance of the medium enterprises, which has been developed with empirical data. Samples consist ... -
Institutional and resource dependence determinants of environmental management system adoption in Thai manufacturing firms
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2003); -
Integrated model of public policy formulation by stakeholders in the Thai rice strategy implementation
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2018);
The purpose of this study was to 1) to study the integrated model of public policy formulation by stakeholders in the implementation of the Thai rice strategy 2) to analyze factors influencing Thai rice public policy and 3) to develop an integrated model of public policy formulation by the stakeholders in the implementation of the Thai rice strategy. This research was conducted adopting a qualitative approach. Data collection was done by studying and reviewing relevant literature, including in-depth interviews and observations of key informants. ... -
Intergovernmental networks in Thailand : the initiative in Lampang, Kanchanaburi, and Rayong Provinces
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2011);
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 ... -
Intergovernmental transfer in Thailand : a test of horizontal equity
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2015);
This research proved the existing fiscal equality of the intergovernmental grant allocation. The research objectives were 1) to investigate the intergovernmental transfer in Thailand and to test the hypothesis on horizontal fiscal balance among the local governments, 2) to conduct a qualitative study with an emphasis on general grant and specific grant allocation in order to strengthen the horizontal fiscal balance, and 3) to provide recommendations to policymakers and concerned parties on the ement of grant allocation. The mixed method was ... -
Interorganizational collaboration effectiveness : a study of international joint programs between Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions and foreign academic partners
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2012);
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; ... -
ISO adoption in Thai public hospitals : institutional and strategic choice perspectives
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2003);