Factors Affecting Happiness at Work of Production Employee in the Automotive Industries in Amata City Chonburi Industrial Estate

Abstract

This research aimed to study the happiness level and factors affecting the happiness of production workers in the automotive industry in Amata City Industrial Estate Chonburi. The sample group consisted of 270 production workers in Amata City Industrial Estate Chonburi using a Two-Stage Sampling method. A questionnaire was used as the data collection tool. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency distribution percentage mean standard deviation correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The results of the study found that production workers were moderately happy with the highest happiness in terms of enthusiasm followed by job satisfaction and job enjoyment. The results of the analysis of factors affecting the happiness of production workers in Amata City Industrial Estate Chonburi found that 10 independent variables together explained 75 percent of the variance namely the nature of the work, the relationship with coworkers, the relationship with supervisors and compensation and welfare. It has an effect on the happiness of the production staff in Amata City Industrial Estate Chonburi with statistical significance at the 0.05 level. When considering the independent variables that have the highest power to predict the happiness of the production staff in the automotive industry in Amata City Industrial Estate Chonburi it is the nature of the work followed by the relationship with coworkers, the relationship with supervisors and compensation and welfare respectively.