โมเดลสมการโครงสร้างพฤติกรรมการสร้างสรรค์นวัตกรรมของพนักงานองค์กรปกครองส่วนท้องถิ่นในภาคใต้ของประเทศไทย : ทดสอบความไม่แปรเปลี่ยนข้ามประเภทองค์กร

Abstract

This study aimed 1) to test structural equation modeling of innovative work behavior of employees in local administration organizations in the south of Thailand and 2) to test measurement invariance of the structural equation modeling. This study was quantitative research. It was designed to provide an individual-level analysis. The subjects of the study comprised 900 employees in local administration organizations in the south of Thailand. Half of the subjects worked in municipality offices while the other half worked in subdistrict administrative organizations. Multistage sampling and stratified random sampling were used in the randomization process. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Data was analysed by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The findings indicate an adequate fit between the structural equation modeling of innovative work behavior of employees in local administration organizations in the south of Thailand and the observed data (X/df = 4.957, CFI = 0.953, TLI = 0.940, RMSEA = 0.074, SRMR = 0.040). The results also reveal that factors which directly affect innovative work behaviour are team climate inventory and learning orientation with a coefficient effect of 0.698 and 0.121 respectively. Meanwhile, organizational supportiveness and transformational leadership indirectly affect innovative work behavior with a coefficient effect of 0.342 and 0.247 respectively. Additionally, the analysis of measurement invariance of the structural equation modeling across local administration organization types shows that all relevant measurement parameters are invariant (Ax=6.360, Adf=6, p>.05).