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International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2021
рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. Education

ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Motivation and Decision in Choosing Civil
Services as a Career of Fourth-Year Students
at Chiang Mai University due to
the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author’s Contribution:
A – Study design; 1 ABCDEFG
B – Data collection; Lhakard P.
C – Statistical analysis;
D – Data interpretation; 1 National Chengchi University, Taiwan
E – Manuscript preparation;
F – Literature search; Received: 25.05.2021; Accepted: 19.06.2021; Published: 30.06.2021
G – Funds collection
Abstract
Background and The COVID-19 epidemic is affecting the work of people around the world
Aim of Study: including students who have to graduate and to decide in choosing a civil servant
career.
The aim of the study: to explore the motivating factors influencing the decision
for the 4th year students of Chiang Mai University to enter the civil service during
the COVID era.
Material and Methods: This study was conducted among fourth-year students at Chiang Mai University.
The sample in this study consisted of 362 people. Multiple regression analysis was
used to find a linear equation that expressed the relationship between motivating
factors and decision-making.
Results: The findings of this research showed that choosing civil services as a career of
fourth-year students at Chiang Mai University during the COVID-19 outbreak
was high with an average of 3.60. According to hypothesis testing, the factors
affecting levels of favorable decision in choosing a civil service career were
statistically significant at the 0.05 level in descending order as follows: security,
compensation and benefits, values, career path and job characteristics. The
influence of personal factors on choosing civil service jobs were not significantly
different at the 0.05 level, except the family income factor that influences choosing
civil service jobs.
Conclusions: It was found that personal factors which consisted of gender, domicile, grade
point average and average family income per month affecting different
government career choices and factors in motivation in deciding to choose a
government career containing job characteristics, compensation factor and
welfare factors career advancement factors, security factor and value factors had
a negative effect on the level of decision-making on the choice of civil service
careers.

Keywords: motivation, civil servant, career choice, Chiang Mai University, COVID-19
Copyright: © 2021 Lhakard P. Published by Archives of International Journal of Science
Annals
DOI and UDC DOI https://doi.org/10.26697/ijsa.2021.1.2 UDC 378.4/.6:159.955.1

Conflict of interests: The author declares that there is no conflict of interests
Peer review: Double-blind review
Source of support: This research did not receive any outside funding or support
Information about Lhakard Polwasit – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3617-9044;
the author: [email protected]; PhD Scholar, International Doctoral Program in
Asia-Pacific Studies, College of Social Science, National Chengchi University,
Taipei, Taiwan.

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