THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE THAT AFFECT THE CORE COMPETENCIES in UDONTHANI PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICE PERSONNEL, UDONTHANI PROVINCE

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study the organizational climate that affect the five components of core competencies in Udonthani provincial health office personnel, Udonthani province, Thailand. The samples were 90 civil servants selected by simple random sampling from the 147 population of Udonthani provincial health office personnel. Data was collected from May-July, 2016. The survey was examined and verified by the three experts for content validity. Data distribution was performed by descriptive statistics which were the percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, minimum, maximum. Inferential statistics were Pearson product moment correlation and Stepwise multiple linear regressions. The level of statistical significant was set at 0.05.

Majority of 90 samples were female (77.8%). Mean age 45.63 years old (S.D. 8.40) with 36.7 % were 41-50 years old. Most of the samples were married (75.6%) and 65.6 % hold bachelor’s degree.

 The results showed that the organizational climate and core competencies in Udonthani provincial health office personnel were at high level with averages of 3.74 (S.D. 0.47) and 4.16(S.D. 0.32), respectively. The organizational climate had moderate positive relationship with core competencies in Udonthani provincial health office personnel (r=0.527, p-value <0.001). Two dimension of organizational climate; identity and responsibility can predict core competencies in Udonthani provincial health office personnel at 41.4 % (R2 = 0.414, P-value <0.001).