Readiness Preparation to Volunteer Working and Causal Relationship Model Development of Self- Wellness Management Related to

Abstract

This mixed methods research aims to 1) study the readiness preparation to volunteer working, and 2) develop and compare the causal relationship models of self- wellness management related to volunteer working between the academic staff group and academic supporting staff group in university. There are 6 persons who working volunteer by in-depth interview. The samples included 566 university staff using to analyze in a questionnaire with reliability of 0.90-0.95. Results: 1) For qualitative data: 1.1) socialization of university staff to be pro-social personality by family, school, and religion agents since early childhood to adult age with work socialization, and 1.2) The condition motive university staff to be the volunteer worker was supporting from family and colleague, hope, self- efficacy and optimize and good physical  and mental health. 2)  For Quantitative data: 2.1) a causal relationship model of self- wellness management related to volunteer working of university staff  was consistent with an empirical data ( Chi-Square = 2.71, df=3, p-value= 0.44 RMSEA= 0.00, SRMR=0.01, GFI= 1.00, NFI= 1.00, CFI= 1.00, Chi-Square/df= 0.90 ), and 2.2)  Volunteer working behavior that got direct influence from positive psychology capital, self- wellness management, socialization to volunteer working, and social support from their family. ( effect size = 0.23, 0.16, 0.14  and  0.11  respectively ), and  invariance analysis of a model of  self- wellness management related to volunteer working of university staff found that no difference between an  academic staff group and a supporting staff group. And  socialization to volunteer working had influence self-wellness management significant difference between an academic staff group and a supporting staff group. (rx²= 4.38, rdf=1, p=0.04)