The Affecting of Personal Job-Fit and Job Crafting on Job Satisfaction of the University Staffs in Thailand

Authors

  • Veerasak Jinarat The Faculty of Business Administration, The Eastern University of Management and Technology

Keywords:

Personal Job-Fit, Job Crafting, Job Satisfaction, University Staffs

Abstract

This quantitative research aims to study the affecting of personal job-fit and job crafting on job satisfaction of the university staffs in Thailand. The researcher collected 440 respondents of the sample before analyzed the data by coefficient correlation and multi-regression analysis. The research results demonstrate that personal job-fit related significantly and positively to job crafting and job satisfaction at r = .60. The personal job-fit influenced and predicted significantly to job satisfaction with high covariance level, at R2 = .42, std. error = .72 (Sig .00). Moreover, job crafting also influenced and predicted significantly to job satisfaction. The research results concluded that personal job-fit and job crafting effected on staffs’ job satisfaction. Hence, the university administrators should improve staffs’ happiness in working for enhancing more staffs’ productivities.

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2025-12-15

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Jinarat, V. (2025). The Affecting of Personal Job-Fit and Job Crafting on Job Satisfaction of the University Staffs in Thailand. Business Administration and Management Journal Review, 17(2), 65–84. retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bahcuojs/article/view/275977

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