FACTORS AFFECTING ORGANIZATIONAL LOYALTY OF REFEREES IN THAILAND VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION
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The purposes of this research were to 1) study the organizational loyalty of the referees in the Volleyball Association of Thailand, 2) study the factors affecting the organizational loyalty of the referees in the Volleyball Association of Thailand, and 3) propose guidelines to the administrators for the ways to strengthen the organizational commitment of employees. The sample group consisted of 200 volleyball judges registered with the Volleyball Association of Thailand, which were obtained by a convenience sampling method. The questionnaire was used as a research instrument for data collection. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation and multiple regression analysis.
The result revealed that most of the samples were 40-50 years old, with more-than- 15-year working experience with the Volleyball Association of Thailand and more-than- 15-year working experience as a volleyball referee. They agreed most with job enrichment, their job satisfaction was found at a highest level and their opinions towards organizational loyalty was found at a highest level. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that the job satisfaction variable had the highest level of loyalty to the organization (Beta = 0.438) followed by job enhancement (Beta = 0.388) and age. (Beta = 0.144) and all three variables can predict the loyalty to the organization at 60.0 percent with the statistical significance level of .05.
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