A Study of Relationship between Work Motivation and Internal Quality Assurance Performance of Teachers under Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This survey research aimed to: 1) study work the motivation of the teachers, 2) their performance in internal quality assurance , and 3) relationship between their work motivation and performance in internal quality assurance.  The samples were 324 teachers working under Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 that were selected by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a five-rating scale questionnaire with the reliability at .97 whereby the questionnaire about work motivation having reliability at .93 and the internal quality assurance performance at .96. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient. The results showed that: 1) for work motivation of the teachers, the highest was found in the success of their work, followed by the nature of the job, while the  lowest was in the recognition and progress; also, for the supporting factors, the highest was found in the administration of the executives, followed by the salary, while the lowest was in the working conditions in their schools; 2) the overall performance in internal quality assurance was found to be at high level, whereby the highest performance was in the preparation, followed by the execution, but the lowest was in the evaluation; 3) the overall work motivation was found to be positively and moderately correlated with the teachers’ performance in internal quality assurance with the level of statistical significance at .05, which could be ranking from the highest to the lowest as follows:  the teachers responsibility, nature of the job, working conditions in schools, recognition, policy and administration, success of the work, progress, relationship, salary, and administration of the executives.