The impact factors on work happiness of health personnel under the Lopburi Provincial Health Office

Abstract

Objective:  The purpose of this study was to assess work happiness (including life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and emotion at work) and related factors among health personnel under the Lopburi Provincial  Health Office.

Methodology: The study was survey research conducted by sampling every single health personnel at all health promoting hospitals under the Provincial Public Health Office in Lopburi. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, difference, and correlation were used for statistical data analysis.

The result: The result revealed that the 105 (75%) of respondents to the survey were female 55 (41.7%) of age ranging from 40 t0 49 years old, 82 (62.1%) of respondent were married, 114 (86.4%) of respondents had a bachelor degree, 46 (34.8%) of respondents had average monthly income during 20,0001-30,000 Baht, 52 (39.4) of working experience was between 10 to 20 yeas. 71 (53.8%) of respondents were community health worker, and 123 (93.2%) of respondents were officials. Regarding each component, the impact factors on work happiness were moderate recognition, working engagement, job description, work and human relationships, career progression, and encouragement, respectively. Job satisfaction, life satisfaction ,positive emotion were significantly correlated to work happiness. Differences in marital status, career path, work and human relationships had a different impact on work happiness. On the other hand, differences in gender, age, education level, average monthly income, work experience, position, career progression, and encouragement similarly affected work happiness.The impact factors on work happiness included work and human relationships, job description, work environment, recognition were significantly correlated to work happiness (p≤ .01)

Conclusions: The result suggests that an increase in those factors could boost work happiness. Therefore, policy should be increasingly concerned with the determination of the factors to support happiness in workplace.