Buddhism And Human Resource Management in Thailand

Abstract

This research aims to study relationship between Buddhist doctrines and human resource management in Thailand. It is qualitative research. Data collection was done through literature review from Tripitaka, text books, academic articles related to Buddhism and human resources. Five executive human resource managers and five expertised buddhist scholars were invited to join in focus group discussion. Qualitative research methodologies were employed for this study. Data collection was collected by online focus group discussion. Data analysis was conducted by content interpretation.
The research findings were found that Buddhist doctrines could be beneficial to human resource management in Thailand. Noble Truth 4 was recommended to be foundation of human resource management in Thailand. Seven virtures of a gentleman are applied for recruitment and selection four Bhavana Dhammas are applied for people development four Sanakhahawatthu principle are applied for compensation. The seven good friend principle are applied for employee relation. There were also referred to few Buddhist doctrines that could be applied for relevant human resource practices.