The study of factors affecting labors' decision making to enrol in The National Skill Standard Test : case study of labors in the accredited garages

Abstract

The objective of the research was to study factors affecting decision of laborers' in accredited garages to enrol in the national skill standard test. The researcher wanted to answer 2 research questions as follows: Which factors affected laborers' decision to enrol in the national skill standard test? How did employers encourage their laborers' to enrol in the national skill standard test? The research was done in 2 following stage. As for the research in the first stage, the researcher used questionnaires as the tool for collecting data on the sample group who were 233 laborers' in accredited garages. Data was processed by SPSS program for finding statistical values. Logistic Regression Analysis was used to find correlation of independent variables which affect a dependent variable. As for the research in the second stage, the researcher used informal and formal interview as the tool for collectiong data on the sample group who were 8 accredited garage employers or owners. As for this research, the 12 factors which were studied were personal factors consisting of age, education, working duration, income, marital status, the factor of belief in the test benefits, the factor of expectations of people and the society, the factor of the necessary conditions of the test, the factor of confidence in selfefficiency, the factor of support of people and the society, and the factor of employers' need tendency. The research results found that 5 factors affecting laborers' decision to enrol in the national skill standard test were the factor of employers' need tendency, the factor of belief in the test benefits, the factor of confidence in self-efficiency, the factor of age, and the factor of support of people and the society. Recommendation: As for widespread employment of laborers' who pass the national skill standard test, the method of employing laborers' of the accredited garages can be applied to employment of other laborers'. The factors affecting laborers' decision to enrol in the national skill standard test can ;