Human Resource Development Interventions and Employability Enhancement: A Perspective of the Thai Public Sector on Government Employees
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: NIDA Development Journal Vol. 54 No. 2/2014 The objectives of this research were to identify the expected and perceived employability of Thai government employees and to analyze the effect of human resource development interventions on employability. The primary data were mainly based on the cross-sectional data collected from a unit consisting of 127 departments and 60 organizations at the departmental level. The representation of each organization was a person whose position was director of a human resource management department. The f indings showed that the highest scores on expected employability were responsibility (personal qualif ication), teamwork, and interpersonal skills (people-related skills). The f indings also indicated the lowest score was expected and perceived employability, especially regarding fundamental and conceptual thinking skills. The f indings further showed that among the HRD factors, training and organization development (OD) had positive and signif icant effects on employability. When including the control variables (total number of workforce,
Source: NIDA Development Journal
DOI: 10.14456/ndj.2014.22
Author: Sunisa Chorkaew
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W939890328