The Influence of Human Resource Management on Educational Administration of Thai Private Universities

Abstract

This research aims to analyze a relationship and an influence of human resource management on educational administration of Thai private universities in Bangkok. This study applied quantitative method. The samples used in this study were 356 employees working in Thai private universities in Bangkok and suburban areas. The instrument used to collect data was a research questionnaire. Statistics used in this study consisted of percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson Correlation and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The research results illustrated that human resource management was positively associated with educational administration of Thai private universities. Human resource management had an influence on educational administration of Thai private universities at the statistical significance of .01 level, which can be presented as follows: Training and development ( =.87,  p < .01),  performance appraisal ( =.75, p < .01), compensation and reward ( =.94, p < .01), organization improvement ( =.96, p < .01). This study recommended that human resource management principle should be applied in private universities to train, develop and extract talent, skill and knowledge of employees to work for increasing the effectiveness of educational administration of Thai private universities in four areas: teaching students, conducting research, providing academic service to the society and conserving art and culture.