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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

job security, a lifetime employment as well as factors in career selection among new graduates of
compensation on both salaries and benefits that are more Universities. Research found that students from
developed to be equivalent to that of the private sector. different domiciles overall had no different motivating
In addition, values started to change according to the factors in choosing a career. The reason for the
COVID-19 pandemic. Civil service jobs are seen as a aforementioned research results was that a civil service
career option, which is not affected by the pandemic, job is related to the public care service, so the
and have a long-term security. This is consistent with the regulations from the Office of the Civil Service
research conducted by Deal, Altman, and Rogelberg Commission (2021) provides equal acceptance
(2010). The research found that people who decided to regulations for all individuals who will serve in the civil
choose jobs in civil services place importance on service equally in different areas.
security and benefits as incentive due to more need for Academic performance. According to the hypothesis
security in life. testing on average academic performance levels and
Gender. According to the hypothesis testing on gender decision-making in choosing civil service jobs, one-way
and choosing civil services as a career, this was done by analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted and the
finding the difference between the mean of two Sig. value of 0.065 was obtained which was greater than
independent sample groups called the Independent- a significance level of 0.05. Thus, it was concluded that
Sample T-Test. The Sig. value of 0.075 was obtained different average academic performance levels did not
which was greater than a significance level of 0.05. affect the students’ decision in choosing civil service
Thus, the findings revealed that male and female jobs significantly differently at the 0.05 level. In other
students’ motivation on choosing civil service jobs was words, different academic performance was not a factor
not significantly different at the 0.05 level. This is that led students choose a civil service career differently.
because today the opening of competitive examinations This is in line with the research conducted by
and positions gives equality in employee recruitment for Amornwongpaiboon and Arsuwattanakul (2018). They
both male and female candidates to be selected. In found that different academic performance had no
addition, both of them give priority to wages and career influence on motives for choosing a civil service career
path with no difference, enabling both genders choose a because the Civil Service Commission does not specify
career that promotes salary and career path. any condition on academic performance recruitment for
Consequently, the gender factor did not influence the civil service jobs.
degree of career decision-making towards civil service As to the hypothesis testing on average monthly income
jobs. Such result was in accord with the research of a family and choosing civil services as a career, one-
conducted by Amornwongpaiboon and Arsuwattanakul way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted, and
(2018), stating that different genders had no influence the Sig. value of 0.028 was obtained which was less than
on the motivation of career choice in choosing a civil a significance level of 0.05. Therefore, it was concluded
service job. that different average family income affected the
Domicile. There was no different decision-making in students’ decision in choosing civil service jobs
choosing civil service jobs among fourth-year students significantly differently at the 0.05 level. This is in
at Chiang Mai University who come from different accordance with Hauw and Vos (2010). They found that
provinces, including from the north, northeast, south, different family income had given different opinions
central and east of the country, and the students in towards civil service jobs because during the outbreak
Bangkok. According to the hypothesis testing on of COVID-19, family income was decreased. This
domicile and decision-making in choosing civil service happened especially with the families whose income
jobs, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was was from merchant jobs or the families that did not work
conducted, and the Sig. value of 0.086 was obtained in civil services. This resulted in lower income, which
which was greater than a significance level of 0.05. affected income security, so the students foresee this
Therefore, the findings indicated that different domiciles long-term income security in civil service jobs.
did not affect the students’ decision in choosing civil The results of the analysis on personal factors and
service jobs significantly differently at the 0.05 level. decision-making in choosing civil service jobs of fourth-
This is consistent with others research, which studied the year students at Chiang Mai University are presented in
relationship between personal variables and motivating Table 1.

Table 1
Analysis on Personal Factors and Decision-Making in Choosing Civil Service Jobs of Fourth-Year Students at Chiang
Mai University

Test results
Independent variables p-value
Accept Reject
Gender 0.075 + -
Domicile 0.086 + -
Level of education 0.065 + -
Family income 0.028 - +

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