Sufficiency Happiness: Key to Community Hospitals’ Personnel Well-being

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Pirapong Prabripu
Kanchana Chokthaworn

Abstract

This study analyzes factors influencing the happiness of community hospital personnel in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, focusing on the impact of Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) characteristics. Using purposive sampling, the research sample included 252 medical personnel from three community hospitals. Data analysis employed quantile regression at the 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75 quantiles, compared with ordinary least squares regression. Results indicate that SEP characteristics of moderation, self-immunity, and morality have statistically significant positive effects on happiness, with varying impact magnitudes across happiness quantiles. Gender and marital status also significantly affect happiness levels, with females reporting lower happiness levels than males, and single individuals reporting higher levels than their married counterparts.


These findings have significant policy implications, emphasizing the importance of integrating SEP principles into organizational management and policy development to promote happiness among community hospital personnel. The study underscores the need to consider differential impacts across happiness quantiles to develop targeted and effective measures for enhancing personnel well-being and quality of life of hospital personnel.

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Prabripu, P., & Chokthaworn, K. (2024). Sufficiency Happiness: Key to Community Hospitals’ Personnel Well-being. Journal of Applied Economics and Management Strategy, 11(2), 198–217. Retrieved from https://kuojs.lib.ku.ac.th/index.php/jems/article/view/5947
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Author Biographies

Pirapong Prabripu, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University.

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Kanchana Chokthaworn, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University.

Associate Professor

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