Canonical Correlation Analysis Between some Factors and Motivation on Producing Academic Papers of Instructors in The Office of Rajamangala University of Techlnology Phra Nakhon

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the canonical relationship between some factors and motivation on producing that relative contribute to academic papers, and to study the canonical weights of some factory motivation on producing academic papers. The Sample were the 222 instructors in the office Rajamangala University of technology Phra Nakhon who work during the first semester of Academic year 2005. The stratified random sampling technique was used for selecting the sample. The instruments were the questionnaire considering the salary, work load, working experience, Attitudes toward producing academic papers, Self development, Internal control, Academic ability, Motivation on advancement, Motivation on recognition, and Motivation on environment of producing academic papers. The findings were as follow: 1. The canonical correlation between Salary, Work load, Working experience, Attitudes toward producing academic papers, Self development, Internal control, Academic ability, Motivation on advancement, Motivation on recognition, and Motivation on environment of producing academic papers were .510, .231 and .134 respectively. The first canonical function was Statistically Significant at .05 level. The second and third canonical function were Statistically nonsignificant. 2. The canonical weights for Attitudes toward producing academic papers,self development and Internal Control relative contributed to Motivation on advancement, Motivation on recognition, and Motivation on environment of producing academic papers in the first canonical function.