THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY ECONOMY IN THE NORTHEAST OF THAILAND
Keywords:
Development, community’s economy, northeastern ThailandAbstract
This research aimed to study the direct effect of 1) the push factors for a community economy on the activities in the process of the community economy, 2) the activities in the process of the community economy towards the allocations of the community’s excess profit, and 3) the push factors for the community economy on the allocations of the community’s excess profit. The focus of this study was on successful career groups in 6 provinces of the northeastern region of Thailand: Nakhon Ratchasima, Ubon Ratchathani, Surin, Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, and Loei. Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling techniques were used to arrive at 408 samples, and questionnaires were used to collect data, which later were analysed by the quantitative methods. The results showed that the human resource development push factor for the community economy had a direct effect on sales in the process of the community economy with the highest factor of 0.513. The sales activities in the process of the community economy had a direct effect on the allocations of excess profit for the community’s subsistence with the highest factor of 0.417. The basic physical development push factor had a direct effect on the allocations of excess profit for the community’s natural resource conservation with the highest factor of 0.434. Therefore, the push factor of human resource development concerning training for the economic leadership of the community, community members, and the concerned workers in the economic development in the community had an effect on the increase in sales volume of the community’s products. As a result, communities can allocate their excess profit to support social activities, especially in education.
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