Relation of organization climate, work happiness and quality of life of personal in municipality organization
Keywords:
Work happiness, Quality of life, Organization climate, Municipality organizationAbstract
This cross-sectional study aims to investigate the relationship between organizational climate, happiness at work, and quality of life, among staff working in local government organizations including subdistrict municipality and subdistrict administrative organization in Wang Chin District, Phrae Province. The study sample was 256 people. The questionnaires were designed based on previous literature. Data were analyzed using frequency, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient.
The results found that most of participants were female (60.5%), got married and lived together (46.9%), worked in the organization for more than 10 years (37.1%). Overall, their organizational climate, happiness at work, and quality of life had reached a high level (Mean = 3.87, S.D. = 0.51), a moderate level (Mean = 3.38, S.D. = 0.42), and a high level (Mean = 3.71, S.D. = 0.57), respectively. The study demonstrated a positive correlation at a moderate level (r = 0.32, p-value < 0.001) between their organizational climate and happiness at work at the statistical level of 0.05. This positive trend was also found at a high level (r = 0.75, p-value < 0.001) between their organizational climate and quality of life at the statistical level of 0.05, and at a moderate level (r = 0.41, p-value < 0.001) between their happiness at work and quality of life at the statistical level of 0.05. This study will, serve as a guideline for future research that focuses on developing a plan to improve happiness at work among staff in certain organizations.
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