The Relationship between Personal Characters and the Organizational Performance of a Learning Organization: A Case Study of the School of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to study the personal characters of human capital at the School of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, and examine the relationship between personal characters and the organizational performance of the learning organization. The population consists of 45 persons who work at the school of agriculture and cooperatives. The sample size consists of 37 persons who work for the School of Agriculture and Cooperatives, 29 of whom work as academic staff and 8 as support staff. The primary data were collected by questionnaire while the secondary data were collected from the official documents and website. Descriptive statistics was applied. The inferential statistics used multiple regressions. The estimated parameters were applied by Ordinary Least Square (OLS), t-test, F-test and the Coefficient of Determination . The results show that the majority of employees were females, 45 years old or older who hold a doctoral degree and have associate professor positions. Most of them are also government officers and have been involved with the school for over 20 years. Five personal traits of character have positive relationship with innovation; creating capacity, personal commitment to lead the organization toward becoming a learning organization, sharing opinions with co-workers, personal learning and studying for job success, and personal skills analyzing problems for job improvement in the future.