Guidelines for Enhancing Happiness at Workplace for Teachers under Samutsakorn Primary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

This study had two major purposes: 1) to study the current state of happiness at workplace for teachers under Samutsakorn Primary Educational Service area office and 2) to propose solutions to enhance the pleasure in working of teachers in Samutsakorn Primary Educational Service area office. The researchers studied the current state of happiness at workplace for of teachers by carrying out data collection, both quantitative and qualitative. The sample were school administrators and teachers. The tool used in the study was a questionnaire about happiness at workplace for teachers, including open-ended questions and feedback from the teacher and semi-structured interviews with school administrators. The statistics used were frequency, percentage and standard deviation, and content analysis. The results showed that: 1. happiness level of the current state of happiness at workplace for teachers in Samutsakorn Primary Educational Service area office, overall, was at a high level; 2. approaches to enhance the pleasure in working of teachers had three aspects: 1) life satisfaction, provided that administrators needed to have fairness, treating all teachers as a family member letting teachers do activities together, since teachers rated the item concerning happiness at a low level; 2) satisfaction in their work, where administrators should reduce the workload of documents, not related to teaching, so that teachers had time to prepare for teaching and more time with family; 3) the attitude towards colleagues and superiors, where teachers needed good administrators and colleagues who treated then fairly and were there to help solve their problems.