The Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Working Motivation of Functions Staff at Provincial Electricity Authority

Abstract

              This research was a survey research. The purposes of this research were  to study:     (1) quality of work life’s  level of employees at Provincial Electricity Authority
(2) work motivation’s level of employees at Provincial Electricity Authority (3) relation between quality of work life and work motivation of  the employees at Provincial Electricity Authority.

             Population consisted 28,067 of employees at Provincial Electricity Authority, from both  head office and provincial office, from which samples of 400 were obtained via Taro Yamane calculating method. Questionnaire was used as instrument to collect data. Statistical tools employed were percentages, mean,  standard deviation, correlation coefficient and content analysis.

             Research results were as followings: (1) quality of work life of employees at Provincial Electricity Authority was at the high level, with high level in all aspects which were fair compensation, safe workplace, ability development, recognition from
the society, democracy in the workplace together with participation in decision making, and balancing of work life with family and personal life (2) the overall work motivation of employees at Provincial Electricity Authority was at high level, with high level in all aspects which were recognition, job advancement, job responsibility, job success, job security, and interrelationship with others (3)  relation between quality of work life and work motivation of  employees at Provincial Electricity Authority  was positive  with  0.01 level of statistical significance.