Title: Factors influencing employee engagement towards the organisation of Thai university personnel

Authors: Dusadee Ayuwat; Jongrak Hong-ngam; Wanichcha Narongchai; Supee Samorna; Kriangkrai Pasuta; Krongkaew Kingsawat; Somphot Thinpru; Kwannakorn Sonman; Nattawat Auraiampai

Addresses: Department of Social Sciences, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ' Faculty of Economics, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ' Department of Social Sciences, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ' Office of General Education, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Udon Thani, Thailand ' Faculty of Education, Nakhon Phanom University, Thailand ' Human Resources Division, Office of the President, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ' Office of Academic Administration and Development, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ' Department of Social Sciences, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand; Research and Academic Services, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ' Department of Social Sciences, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Abstract: This article is on the study of factors that influence employee engagement towards the organisation of a Thai university. The quantitative approach was used and the analytical unit applied was at the individual level. The sample group consisted of 2,878 staff members of the university (72.91%) from the overall simple random group of 3,989 cases. The data was collected using the questionnaire from January to February 2018 and analysed by means of descriptive statistics and multiple regression in order to investigate the factors affecting employee engagement. The research results demonstrated that job satisfaction, attitudes towards the job and whereas the length of employment significantly affected employee engagement at the level of 0.05 which were consistent with the research assumption set. All of the independent variables analysed were able to significantly explain the variation of the university's employee engagement at 45.7 (R2 = 0.457) at the level of 0.01.

Keywords: employee engagement; job satisfaction; attitude toward the job; relationship with colleagues; Thai university.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2022.122666

International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2022 Vol.30 No.2, pp.232 - 245

Received: 24 Sep 2018
Accepted: 09 Jul 2019
Published online: 05 May 2022 *

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