Performance Efficiency of Employees in the Subcontracting Business

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  • Akramanee Somjai, Pornkul Suksod, Duangkamon

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) to study the level of environment, motivation, happiness, stress, and performance efficiency of employees in the subcontracting business, 2) to study the influence of environment, motivation, happiness, stress, and performance efficiency of employees in the subcontracting business, and 3) to create the approaches for improving the performance efficiency of employees in the subcontracting business. This is the mixture of qualitative and quantitative researches. The sample group consists of 360 subcontracting business employees in Chonburi Province using a proportionate sampling. The tools used for data collection are questionnaires and the data analysis has been done by analyzing structural equation models. Regarding the qualitative research, the data were collected by in-depth interviews with two groups of key informants; 1) 8 entrepreneurs of subcontracting companies with at least 5 years of experience in the business, and 2) 8 subcontracting company employees with more than 5 years of experience in the business, totaling 16 persons selected by specific method. The data was analyzed by content analysis. The research results revealed that 1) the environment, motivation, happiness, stress and performance efficiency of employees in the subcontracting business in all factors were at the high level, and 2) the motivation had the most direct influence on the performance efficiency of employees in the subcontracting business followed by happiness and environment having the highest indirect influence on the performance efficiency of the employees, and 3) the approaches for improving the performance efficiency of employees in the subcontracting business were to provide appropriate rewards and remunerations, giving freedom and value to work, creating happiness with employees along with taking care of the safety of the workplace environment. The results of this research were beneficial to the entrepreneurs in promoting the performance efficiency of employees by providing a work environment conducive to motivation and happiness to the employees.

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2020-08-30

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