Path Analysis of Work Passion Model of Thai Teachers in Municipal Schools

Abstract

Abstract-Teacher profession in Thailand are faced with pressure such as competition for student GPA, improving teaching efficiency, etc. To help teacher work effectively, school can focus on psychological factors. This paper aims to 1) examine the effect of job characteristic, social support, and work resilience on work passion and 2) examine the structure equation modeling of work passion of Thai teachers in municipal schools. 307 samples were Thai elementary teachers in municipal schools at Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand. Data was collected by the questionnaires. The analytical statistics were mean, standard deviation, Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, and path analysis. It was found that the structure equation model of work passion was fitted Index Terms-Job characteristic, social support, resilience, passion.