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Structural equation model of variables influencing Thai ceramics entrepreneur organisational sustainability
(2019-01-01)
Kowuttiphong, Phainphin
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Fongsuwan, Wanno
The ceramics industry is vital to the economy of Thailand which globally, has been projected to reach $US705 billion by 2025. Traditionally however, for centuries the ceramics industry has been clustered in regional enclaves centred on small, entrepreneurial enterprises. This paper therefore investigated a multitude of factors including trade regulations, global competition, quality concerns, speed of development processes and production, and lack of branding and innovation, to determine the factors affecting organisational sustainability of ceramic enterprises. From the 280 Thai enterprises surveyed and analysed by use of a structural equation model by PLS-graph software it was determined that organisational performance affects organisational sustainability to the greatest extent due to monetary and non-monetary factors with an intermediate input into innovation, the business environment and business strategies. Organisational performance is also influenced by innovation and business strategies.
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Thailand's provincial electricity authority (PEA): A structural equation model of factors determining customer satisfaction
(2015-01-01)
Choaknumkij, Karn
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Fongsuwan, Wanno
Under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Community Blueprint 2015, energy security was stated as a top priority. The 10 member community is projected to have a combined gross domestic product of US$ 1.9 trillion by 2020, making this economic block the eighth-largest economy worldwide. With the community's energy consumption rising at a projected 4.4% per year, Thailand with its 67 million people is a key player in both terms of power production, consumption and distribution and at the center of this is the Provisional Electricity Authority which has expanded electricity supply to 73 Thai provinces, covering 510,000 km<sup>2</sup> while servicing 99% of the country's total area and villages. Given the critical importance of the PEA to both Thailand and the region, the researchers undertook a study to examine the variables affecting this organization's capability to serve this vital regional sector. Examining both service quality and electronic customer management systems via structural equation modeling, the study determined that there was a direct effect on customer satisfaction by these factors in power generation and distribution within the Kingdom. Given the rising importance of global energy "Smart grid" systems, the study furthermore opened up this area as follow-on to the present research.
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Determinants of modern management of private vocational colleges: A structural equation model
(2015-01-01)
Phusalux, Jongdee
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Buatama, Urasa
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Fongsuwan, Wanno
The study was focused on finding ways to manage Thailand's private vocational colleges so that they might both survive and thrive under a highly competitive environment. Currently, vocational education in Thailand is a highly competitive business enterprise with competition coming from government schools, international schools and other private sector schools which accounts for almost 37% of t he total educational system. The researchers therefore undertook the development and validation of t he effective management construct using confirmatory factor analysis of strategic management and innovation management on Thai private vocational colleges. A multi-stage random sampling was used to collect the sample from 614 Thai college administrators. The questionnaire was employed as the instrument for data collecting and PLS Graph was used for model verification. Results illustrated from the Structural Equation Modeling that confirmatory factors of innovation management and strategic management had both a direct and indirect effect on administrator effective management. Trained industrial staffs are now in short supply and this will only be exacerbated with the upcoming 2015 integration of 10 Southeast Asia nations. It is therefore, paramount that vocational institutions, both private and public, develop strategic vision, implement technological innovation such as 'flipped classrooms' while simultaneously developing efficient and effective communication channels with industry and state agencies that better serves the nearly 1 million Thai vocational school students.
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ASEAN and thai rubber industry labor mobility determinants: A structural equation model
(2015-01-01)
Nobnorb, Preecha
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Fongsuwan, Wanno
The ASEAN rubber industry is in a state of crisis with prices in a continuing three year downward spiral but over the horizon is the 2015 AEC integration date promising closer integration, reduction of tariffs and the freer mobility of labor. This research therefore undertook a structural equation model to study and identify the determinants of ASEAN and Thai labor mobility of which 1 million families or more than 6 million people are dependent on rubber production while another 4.8 million households or 18 million people are dependent on rice farming which are both highly intensive foreign labor endeavors. The study revealed that the vast majority of Thai expatriates who choose foreign work have a very positive experience who state that foreign work should be supported by the government. For the structural equation model, 340 rubber industry management staff were queried using both quantitative and qualitative research tools including PLS-Graph software for qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews from 10 senior level executives involved in corporate policy. From the research it was determined that skill levels have a direct and positive influence on labor mobility and the factors that have the maximum overall positive influence are migration pull and push factors. Government labor policies include foreign worker and labor law policies which have both a direct and indirect effect on labor mobility. Although the rubber industry is in an extended period of falling prices, new applications and sectors are being explored, such as rubber use in road construction.

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