The Organizational Communication on Organizational Climate and Job Satisfaction of the Teachers in a Private School in Samut Prakarn

Abstract

The research aimed to study to what extent the organizational communication had an effect on organizational climate and job satisfaction of the teachers in a private school in Samutprakarn and to what extent personal data had an effect on job satisfaction of the teachers in a private school in Samutprakarn. The sample group consisted of 350 teachers of private schools in Region 1 of Samutprakarn Province. The instrument consisted of questionnaires asking about the respondents’ personal data, organizational communication, organizational climate, and job satisfaction. Statistics used for the study included frequency, percentage, mean, Independent Sample t-test, and One-way Analysis of Variance, and Structural equation modeling.

From the analysis, the findings indicated that most of the respondents were female teachers whose age ranged from 31 to 40 years. The highest level of education was bachelor’s degree. The length of their employment was over 3 years. Their monthly income was 10,000 – 15,000 baht. They taught in primary level of education.

From the analysis of respondents’ personal data, the findings indicated that organizational communication had an effect on organizational climate. T-value was 13.64 at the significance level of 0.01. The organizational communication affected job satisfaction of the teachers of private schools in Samutprakarn Province. T-value was 3.75 at the significance level of 0.01. The organizational climate had an effect on job satisfaction of the teachers of private schools in Samutprakarn Province. T-value was 3.54 at the significance level of 0.01. (** P-values < 0.01 which meant that T-Value < -2.58 and T-Value > 2.58 ) (Diamantopoulos & Siguaw, 2000).