Human Resource and Organization Development Journal

Review and Conceptualization of Spiritual Health in a Working-Age Population in Thailand

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0700

In this study, the authors investigated the concepts and components of spiritual health in a Thai working-age population using documentary research and phenomenological research as methodologies. They were based on a qualitative sociological approach, while the tools used were primarily content analysis and in-depth interviews. The 20 informants were purposively selected for their long-term experiences and embodiment of spiritual health, whether as experts or lay practitioners. Documentary sources were searched, scrutinized, and analyzed for keywords and structures of meaning to assess the findings. The results demonstrated a conceptual framework for spiritual health in a Thai working-age population, assessed as definitions, indicators, and supporting factors. By definition, spiritual health means seeing and understanding the truth as it is (insight) and feeling connected to something greater (connectedness). The indicators of spiritual health are behavioral and mental; supporting factors include inner actions (practices of mind) and outer actions (practices in action). The conceptual frameworks summarized from in-depth interviews and documents show a fair agreement with each other in terms of essence and meanings. The findings become good contributions to the development of a workable measuring tool, designing sets of experiential activity in psycho-healing, and the development of policy-making regarding spiritual health promotion in various social sectors.

Enablers to Career Advancement of Female Foreign-Service Officials

Chayapon Soontornwiwattana, Orathai Phubunlap Gunaseelan — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0700

Western countries have extensively studied the role of women in the workforce and the supportive key elements in career advancement and equality. However, despite ongoing gender equality campaigns in Thailand, statistics from the civil service workforce reveal a disparity, with fewer women ascending to upper positions, attributed to Asian cultural influences. This research underscored the significance of conducting qualitative research for informing future policy applications. This study collected data on the experiences of 12 women workers who received career advancement and 3 women workers with different qualifications in government agencies, such as the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Civil Service Commission, National Intelligence Agency, The Board of Investment of Thailand, and Tourism Authority of Thailand. Data were collected through in-depth interviews until data saturation and analyzed with documents and observations during interviews, using thematic analysis. The results revealed with two themes: 1) Organizational support, and 2) self and family support. Both supporting elements must align with a vision of gender equality. The research results offer a framework that may lead to applications in diverse gender groups.

Dimensions Affecting Transfer of Short Training Program among Professional Nurses: A Case Study at The Nursing Department of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital

Subhanee Khiawsom, Oranuch Pruetipibultham — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0700

This research studied the dimensions for transfer of training of the professional nurses. The objectives of this study are: 1) examining the dimensions that support the transfer of training to practices; 2) discovering the guidelines to assist transfer of training among the nurses at the Nursing Department, the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital who participated in the training programs. This study employed the qualitative research method using the in-depth interviews. The interviews were conducted with 52 participants that were categorized into: 1) professional nurses; 2) lower-level managerial nurses, and 3) middle-level managerial nurses (nurse inspectors). The results revealed emerging dimensions that were both in-line and not in-line with the traditional practices. The findings also revealed 4 influential factors to transfer of training including attributes of the trainees, motivation factors, working environment, and personal self-efficacy. Discussion and recommendation are provided at the end.

Communication Characteristics of Thai Effective Innovators: Team Building, Relationships, and Behaviors for Innovation Synthesizing

Pichaet Tang-on, Papassara Chaiwong — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0700

This exploratory qualitative research was aimed to study the communication characteristics of effective innovators in innovation synthesizing teams in Thailand. From the patent-search database provided by the Department of Intellectual Property, multi-stage and purposive samplings were conducted to select 20 effective and renowned innovators with continuously successful innovations for in-depth interviews as the main research tool. Then thematic analysis was employed to analyze transcribed data. The results were divided into two main parts: 1) Relationship Structure: Innovation synthesizing team emphasized diversity among team members in terms of expertise to create new ideas for innovation, still shared attitudes and mindset, which enabled them to work well together,
were also focused. Each member was assigned a different role according to their abilities.
The relationship within the team was mainly task-oriented; 2) Group communication behaviors: The innovation team was open-minded in general, still groupthink behavior was found from time to time. Acceptable ideas needed to be supported by academic/solid evidence. Members of the team often worked together in informal sub-group setting as it allowed them to be more flexible and able to solve problems quickly. Information exchange and knowledge transfer behaviors occurred throughout the synthesizing process. In a larger team setting, problem solving and decision-making processes were conducted in arguing and reasoning fashions. After the processes, highly potential scenarios were proposed to the team leader for final decision.

Applying Serious Leisure in Developing the Curriculum to Strengthen Growth Mindset

Dawisa Sritanyarat, Sumonratree Nimnatipan , Anan Malarat — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0700

A growth mindset is one of the most frequently mentioned goals of human resource development. A growth mindset could affect employees’ professionalism, performance, creativity, and positive relationships at work. However, HRD mainly focuses on work-based approaches. According to the previous research, serious leisure could be utilized as an approach and tool to yield HRD results. Integrating HRD with leisure studies could benefit both academia and practice for both disciplines. This study holds two objectives: 1. to apply serious leisure in developing a curriculum to strengthen a growth mindset, performed through systematic literature review, need analysis of stakeholders, and prototype development and verification, and 2. to test the newly developed curriculum through quasi-experimental design research. Data were collected from learners were analyzed statistically. The results reveal a significant change in learners’ level of serious leisure behavior and level of growth mindset, especially after they had been through the whole process of the curriculum, including knowledge development, reflection, workshop and group activities, and learning by doing. The results can benefit scholars and practitioners. The important elements and mechanisms of the curriculum were reported for implications. Also, the outcomes of implementing this curriculum are reported to be successful in strengthening learners’ serious leisure behaviors and growth mindset. The implications can be performed in either academia to nurture the collaboration between the field of HRD and leisure studies, or practices in using the newly developed curriculum in developing employees.

Effectiveness of a Program for Enhancing Employee Resilience among Employees in the Jewelry Manufacturing and Export Industry: A Pilot Study

Kirana Dheva-aksorn, Korkiat Mahaveerachartkul — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0700

Resilience is one of the widely studied attributes for coping with the turbulence and complexity of the 21^st-century world. However, research on employee resilience within organizational contexts is still relatively scarce. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a program for enhancing employee resilience based on experiential learning using a pre-experimental research method. The participants consisted of 20 employees from the jewelry manufacturing and export industry currently grappling with manpower shortages and reduced work efficiency. The research instruments included the employee resilience program and the employee resilience questionnaire. Friedman and Wilcoxon tests were employed for data analysis. The analysis revealed that participants exhibited higher levels of employee resilience after participating in the program, and in the follow-up period, indicating that the program indeed enhances employee resilience. Consequently, trainers, consultants, and human resource development staff can utilize this program to effectively develop the resilience of employees to recover from the complexity and fluctuations of organizations of the 21^st century.

The Situation of Entrepreneurial Society in Thailand: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0700

The purpose of this research is to study the level of entrepreneurial activity in Thai society, using data from the Global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM) project in 2024. Through in-depth interviews with 36 experts across 9 fields, the study found that the top three Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions (EFCs) in Thailand that are most conducive to entrepreneurship are domestic infrastructure, social and cultural equality, and market openness. Conversely, the least conducive EFC is knowledge transfer for research and development. Additionally, the Adult Population Survey (APS) of 2,000 Thai adults of working age (18-64 years old) revealed a Total Early-stage Entrepreneurship Activity (TEA) rate of 15.5%, indicating that approximately 16 out of every 100 Thai adults are involved in starting new businesses. The Southern region had the highest TEA rate at 18.9%. Women tend to be more engaged in early-stage entrepreneurial activities than men, with TEA rates of 16.5% and 13.8%, respectively. The data also indicates that the 35-44 age group has the highest TEA rate, at 18.7%, suggesting that middle-aged working adults are the most likely to start or own new businesses.

Editorial Note

Kritkorn Nawakitphaitoon — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0700

วารสารการพัฒนาทรัพยากรมนุษย์และองค์การฉบับนี้นำเสนอผลงานวิจัยจำนวน 7 บทความ ซึ่งแต่ละบทความมีเนื้อหาที่หลากหลาย ครอบคลุมบริบทต่างๆ และใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยทั้งเชิงปริมาณและเชิงคุณภาพ

บทความวิจัยในกลุ่มแรกเป็นงานวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ เริ่มด้วยบทความวิจัยภาษาอังกฤษโดย รศ.ดร.รัตติกรณ์ จงวิศาล, ผศ.ดร.สมสิทธิ์ อัสดรนิธี, คุณวิชัย โภคทวี และคุณเอกภพ สิทธิวรรณ ที่ศึกษาแนวคิดและองค์ประกอบของสุขภาวะทางปัญญา (Spiritual Health) ในกลุ่มวัยทำงานของไทย และบทความภาษาไทยของ ดร.ชยาพล สุนทรวิวัฒนา และดร.อรทัย ภูบุญลาภ กูนาซีลาน ที่ศึกษาปัจจัยส่งเสริมความก้าวหน้าของผู้ปฏิบัติงานสตรีในหน่วยงานด้านการต่างประเทศ นอกจากนี้ ยังมีบทความโดยคุณสุภาณี เขียวสม และรศ.ดร.อรนุช พฤฒิพิบูลธรรม ที่ศึกษาปัจจัยส่งเสริมและแนวทางการนำความรู้จากการฝึกอบรมไปสู่การปฏิบัติ ในกลุ่มพยาบาลวิชาชีพ และบทความของคุณพิเชษฐ์ แตงอ่อน และผศ.ดร.ปภัสสรา ชัยวงศ์ ที่ศึกษาคุณลักษณะการสื่อสารของนวัตกรในทีมสร้างนวัตกรรม

กลุ่มที่สองเป็นงานวิจัยเชิงปริมาณและเชิงผสมผสาน ได้แก่ การศึกษาการพัฒนาหลักสูตรเสริมสร้างแนวคิดแบบเติบโตโดยประยุกต์ใช้กิจกรรมยามว่างอย่างจริงจัง ของ รศ.ดร.ดาวิษา ศรีธัญรัตน์, ผศ.ดร.สุมนรตรี นิมเนติพันธ์ และอ.ดร.อนันต์ มาลารัตน์ อีกทั้งบทความของ ดร.กิรณา เทวอักษร และดร.ก่อเกียรติ์ มหาวีรชาติกุล ซึ่งศึกษานำร่องประสิทธิผลของโปรแกรมเสริมสร้างความสามารถในการฟื้นคืนกลับของพนักงานบริษัทอุตสาหกรรมการผลิตและส่งออกเครื่องประดับ สุดท้ายเป็นบทความ ของรศ.ดร.สุชาติ ไตรภพสกุล, ผศ.ระวีวรรณ แก้ววิทย์, คุณฐิติพงศ์ เริงฤทธิรงค์, คุณพงษ์เพชร ชุติธนานนท์ และ ดร.ธีระศักดิ์ ณ ระนอง ที่สำรวจสถานการณ์สังคมความเป็นผู้ประกอบการในประเทศไทย

วารสารการพัฒนาทรัพยากรมนุษย์และองค์การนั้นเป็นวารสารที่จัดอยู่ในดัชนีการอ้างอิงวารสารไทยในระดับที่ 1 (TCI 1) บทความที่คัดสรรมานำเสนอจึงเป็นบทความที่มีคุณภาพและผ่านการพิจารณาจากผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิหลายขั้นตอนเพื่อให้ดำรงไว้ซึ่งบทความที่มีคุณภาพได้มาตรฐานทางวิชาการอย่างต่อเนื่อง ทั้งนี้ ทางบรรณาธิการขอเชิญชวนนักวิจัย นักวิชาการทุกท่าน ส่งบทความวิจัย/บทความวิชาการของท่านมาตีพิมพ์เผยแพร่ผลงาน ร่วมการพัฒนาส่งเสริมงานวิจัย/งานวิชาการที่มีคุณภาพให้เผยแพร่ได้กว้างขวางเพื่อประโยชน์แก่สังคมยิ่งขึ้นต่อไป