Innovative Behavior of Employees in Rubber Authority of Thailand
1Oranit Chamnongrit, 2Somnuk Aujirapongpan
1,2Innovation Management and Business Development Program, School of Accountancy and Finance, Walailak University, Thailand.
https://doi.org/10.47191/jefms/v7-i5-41ABSTRACT:
The objective of the study is to 1) level of innovative behavior of employees in Rubber Authority of Thailand 2) To compare study of demographic factors affecting innovative behavior of employees in Rubber Authority of Thailand. The samples used in this study were 331 employees in Rubber Authority of Thailand. The tool used in collecting the study was a questionnaires. The statistics used in the analysis consisted of descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics, including t-test and one-way ANOVA and regression analysis. The results showed that Individual factors of respondents Most of them were legally registered, male, aged 30 to less than 40 years old, working period between 6 - 10 years, employees have bachelor's degrees. Have employees level 4 – 6. The levels of innovative behavior of employees were at a high level. The hypothesis testing found that gender, working experience, education and position affect innovative behavior of employees in Rubber Authority of Thailand. The organizational support, work motivation of personnel and organizational culture affected the innovative behavior of employees in Rubber Authority of Thailand with statistical significance at the 0.05 level.
KEYWORDS:
Innovative Behavior, Organizational support, Work motivation, Organizational culture, Rubber Authority of Thailand
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