Measuring Habit Level of Employees at Mae Moh Power Plant Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand by Applying the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Principle

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to explore level of seven habits of highly effective people principle by Stephen R. Covey (2004) of employees at Mae Moh power plant electricity generating authority of Thailand. The questionnaires were employed to collect data from 348 samples chosen by quota sampling. Statistical analysis techniques used in this study were frequency, percentage, mean, t-test, one-way ANOVA and correlation analysis. The results showed that, considering in term of individual habit, the employees had the highest level of Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw at the averaged level of 4.84. Habit 4: Think Win/Win, Emotional Bank Account, Habit 1: Be Proactive, Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind, Life Balance Habit, Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Habit 3: Put First Things First and Habit 6: Synergy showed the averaged levels of habits of 4.81, 4.79, 4.79, 4.71, 4.70, 4.68, 4.63 and 4.55, respectively. Our research divided Habits of Highly Effective People into 5 groups, Emotional Bank Account, Life Balance Habit, Private Victory, Public Victory and overall 7 habits, and applied correlation analysis to analyze the relationship between those 5 groups of habits with general qualification of participants and with themselves. The results showed that willingness of participants to join organization activities correlated with all habits positively with statistical significance level of 0.01. In addition, the study found that all habits correlated to each other positively at statistical significance level of 0.01.