Factors related to self-development of personnel under the Suphanburi Provincial Public Health Office

Abstract

The purposes of this cross-sectional study were to (1) explore the level of self-development behaviors and happiness of employees affiliated with the Public Health Office in Suphanburi, Thailand, and (2) examine their relationships between happiness and self-development behaviors. Three hundred and seventy participants were recruited from hospitals affiliated with the Suphanburi Provincial Public Health Office.  Participants were selected using proportional simple random sampling.  Government (56.2%) and non-government (43.8%) officers were included. Research instruments included the Self-development Behavior and the Happinometer Self–Administered Questionnaire (HSAQ).  The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, means, standard deviation. The Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficients was utilized to investigate the relationships.

The current study found that participants had a high level of self-development behavior scores (M = 3.54, SD = .31), and HSAQ scores (M = 3.59, SD = .39).  Self-unity of the self-development behavior in particular was highest (M = 3.70, SD = .51), however, self-development skills were lowest (M = 3.42, SD = .37).    For the happiness, Happy Heart was found to be the happiest (M = 3.82, SD = .54).   Happy Money, on the other hand, was the lowest (M = 3.24, SD = .76).  Self-development was found positively to be significantly related to the happiness (r = .564).  The findings suggest that participants reported lower scores of the self-development skills than others.  Therefore, the Provincial Public Health Office should focus on improving the employee’s self-development skills by developing interventions/ or programs.