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...yees through asshort-term capacity building (Eade, 2005) and a general training that often backfire on themsbecause a general training is without an establishment of organizational core competenciess(=-=Prahalad & Hamel, 1990-=-), and a cultivation of a supportive learning environment (Marsicks& Watkins, 2003) increases employee turnover (Flaherty, 2007). This is due to the fact thatsgeneral skills remain applicable to a wid...

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...ence of survival whileslearning organization is approach to organizational change and development (Palmer &sWatkins, 2000). Nevertheless, many organizations have been struggled to learn how to learns(=-=Senge, 1997-=-). The notion of organizational learning culture has increasing becomessimportant in the globalization era as it enables organizations to anticipate and adapt to thesdynamic of changing environment (B...

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...uit the jobsin the nonprofit sector (Price, 2001) As a result, many nonprofit organizations are not onlysdiscouraged but also form defensive routines that prevent employees from learning andsgrowing (=-=Argyris, 1977-=-).sOrganizational learning is widely accepted as the prevalence of survival whileslearning organization is approach to organizational change and development (Palmer &sWatkins, 2000). Nevertheless, man...

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...n the field ofsorganizational behavior because it demonstrates the positive responses of employees, whichscan translate to other positive attitudes and behaviors of the employees in the organizations(=-=Spector, 1985-=-). There have been extensive studies on job satisfaction; however, in the Thaiscontext, only a few studies were found that methodically studied the mediating effect of jobssatisfaction on learning org...

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...thm, requiressacceptable sample size with only 10 time to a total number of indicators, can handle largesmodel, i.e. more latent variables and manifest variables, and, best of all, always convergents(=-=Haenlein & Kaplan, 2004-=-; Hair, Ringle, & Sarstedt, 2011).sResultssDescriptive StatisticssThe participants were 344 Generation X workers from nonprofit organizations insThailand. There were 65 percent female participants, 63...

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...s remain applicable to a wide range of functions and spans a variety of industriesswhich creates a better chance for employees to find alternative employment and quit the jobsin the nonprofit sector (=-=Price, 2001-=-) As a result, many nonprofit organizations are not onlysdiscouraged but also form defensive routines that prevent employees from learning andsgrowing (Argyris, 1977).sOrganizational learning is widel...

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...for managers to retaining employees by supporting them with ongoing education andsdevelopment in order to increase their job satisfaction which also reduces employee turnoversintention (Dirani, 2009; =-=Egan et al, 2004-=-; Jo & Joo, 2011; Lim, 2010). The social exchangestheory supports the findings that when employees perceive something positive about theirsorganization, they reciprocate with motivation and commitment...

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...ate workplaces that allow employees to perform to the best of their abilities. Numeroussstudies confirmed that job satisfaction leads to various organizational outcomes, includingsturnover intention (=-=Camp 1993-=-; Price, 2001).sTurnover IntentionsTurnover intention is defined as a worker’s intention to quit one organization and joinsanother. It represents a critical stage of employment, because it signals an ...

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...nd ease of movement are the two main determinations of turnover.sMoreover, there are various turnover models, including the Met Expectations Model (Griffeths& Hom, 2004), Intermediate Linkages Model (=-=Mobley, 1982-=-), Unfolding Model of VoluntarysThe Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations in Thailands38sWorkers Turnover (Lee & Mitchell, 1994), and Causal Model of Turnover (Mueller & Pric...

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...ience Research Institutes2015, Vol. 10, Issue 1, 35-46sISSN: 1906-4675sThe Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations in Thailands36sseveral cultural contexts: the United States (=-=Yang, Watkins, & Marsick, 2004-=-), Taiwan (Lien,sHung, Yang, & Li, 2006), China (Wang, 2007), and Korea (Song, Joo, & Chermack, 2009).sHowever, there is limited theoretical knowledge and practical experience of a learningsorganizati...

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...7). The notion of organizational learning culture has increasing becomessimportant in the globalization era as it enables organizations to anticipate and adapt to thesdynamic of changing environment (=-=Bates & Khasawneh, 2005-=-). The notion of a learningsorganization culture is a relatively recent management concept that has been assessed ins1sLecturer, Behavioral Science Research Institute, Srinakharinwiroj University, Ban...

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...Idrus, & Almutairi, 2012; Hsu, 2009). Moreover, there were only few studiessthat systematically investigated the role of the mediating effect of a learning organizationsculture on turnover intention (=-=Joo, 2010-=-). Job satisfaction is extremely popular in the field ofsorganizational behavior because it demonstrates the positive responses of employees, whichscan translate to other positive attitudes and behavi...

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...sParticipants 3 Boomsma’s (1982) simulations (n ≥ 50r2-450r+1100) suggested that a ratio r ofsindicators to latent variables of r= 3 would require a sample size of at least 200 for adequatesanalysis (=-=Westland, 2010-=-). In addition, Sample Size for Factor Analysis Method suggesteds300 sample size is a moderately good quality for factor analysis (Comrey & Lee, 1992).sTherefore, Generation X workers (344 persons-224...

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...ani, 2009; Jo & Joo,s2011), and turnover intention (Islam, Khan, Aamir, & Ahmad, 2012).sMany studies repeatedly examined the relationship between learning organizationsculture and turnover intention (=-=Joo & Park, 2010-=-). The results showed a connection betweensthe two variables, but it was relatively weak and insignificant (Egan, Yang, & Bartlett, 2004;sEmani, Moradi, Idrus, & Almutairi, 2012; Hsu, 2009). Moreover,...

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...as been derived theoretically from the notion of aslearning organization (Marsick & Watkins, 2003) and has been specially designed to measureslearning within the workplace from a cultural standpoint (=-=Yang, 2003-=-). The fundamentalsprinciple of a learning organization culture is to support any organization undergoingstransitional change from no learning to the integration of a supportive learning environment,s...

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...satisfaction is employees’ positive emotional state resulting from the appraisalsof job experiences (Spector, 1985). Thus, employees who have high job satisfaction are lessslikely to quit their jobs (=-=MacIntosh & Doherty, 2009-=-). In addition, Barnard’s Theory ofsOrganizational Equilibrium stressed the important of job satisfaction which gives greatsimportance to persuasion, much more than to economic incentives (Takatsu, 19...

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...over intention is defined as a worker’s intention to quit one organization and joinsanother. It represents a critical stage of employment, because it signals an employee’ssintention to leave the job (=-=Bluedorn, 1978-=-). One of the main goals of turnover research is tosmeasure actual employee turnover; however, employee turnover data are often inaccessible tosresearchers. Therefore, measuring turnover intention is ...

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...Lee, 2007) as well as promote innovation (Bates & Khasawneh, 2005). This type ofsbehavior and practice within organizations is often associated with positive influences onsemployee job satisfaction, (=-=Lim, 2010-=-) organizational commitment (Dirani, 2009; Jo & Joo,s2011), and turnover intention (Islam, Khan, Aamir, & Ahmad, 2012).sMany studies repeatedly examined the relationship between learning organizations...

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...rch still included job satisfaction because the convergentsvalidity of job satisfaction has been tested and theoretical supported by many previous studiess(Dirani, 2009; Egan, Yang, & Bartlett, 2004; =-=Jo & Joo, 2011-=-; Lim, 2010).sSudarat Tuntivivat and Montree Piriyakuls41sHypothesis TestingsThe path coefficient was used in examining the causal linkages between the variablessin the structural equation modeling an...

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...sfaction in Nonprofit Organizations in Thailands36sseveral cultural contexts: the United States (Yang, Watkins, & Marsick, 2004), Taiwan (Lien,sHung, Yang, & Li, 2006), China (Wang, 2007), and Korea (=-=Song, Joo, & Chermack, 2009-=-).sHowever, there is limited theoretical knowledge and practical experience of a learningsorganization culture has been developed in the Thai nonprofit organizations (Prugsamatz,s2010). Learning organ...

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...zation undergoingstransitional change from no learning to the integration of a supportive learning environment,sreinforcing the culture of continuous learning and development within the organizations(=-=Cheng, Li, Love, & Irani, 2004-=-). The previous studies show that organizations that stronglysdevelop a learning organization culture also strive to acquire and share knowledge (Skerlavaj,sSong, & Lee, 2007) as well as promote innov...

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...ion (Joo & Park, 2010). The results showed a connection betweensthe two variables, but it was relatively weak and insignificant (Egan, Yang, & Bartlett, 2004;sEmani, Moradi, Idrus, & Almutairi, 2012; =-=Hsu, 2009-=-). Moreover, there were only few studiessthat systematically investigated the role of the mediating effect of a learning organizationsculture on turnover intention (Joo, 2010). Job satisfaction is ext...

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...ating Effect of Job Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations in Thailands36sseveral cultural contexts: the United States (Yang, Watkins, & Marsick, 2004), Taiwan (Lien,sHung, Yang, & Li, 2006), China (=-=Wang, 2007-=-), and Korea (Song, Joo, & Chermack, 2009).sHowever, there is limited theoretical knowledge and practical experience of a learningsorganization culture has been developed in the Thai nonprofit organiz...

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... Thesquestionnaires were measured on a five-point Likert scale ranging from one (stronglysdisagree) to five (strongly agree).sData AnalysissThe data analysis procedure of Partial Least Squares (PLS) (=-=Chin, 2001-=-) wassemployed to estimate the models. PLS is a second generation statistical technique that worksswell with structural equation models that contain latent variables and a series of cause-andeffect re...

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...on (Bates & Khasawneh, 2005). This type ofsbehavior and practice within organizations is often associated with positive influences onsemployee job satisfaction, (Lim, 2010) organizational commitment (=-=Dirani, 2009-=-; Jo & Joo,s2011), and turnover intention (Islam, Khan, Aamir, & Ahmad, 2012).sMany studies repeatedly examined the relationship between learning organizationsculture and turnover intention (Joo & Par...

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...r advancement opportunities (Tangthong, Trimetsoontorn, & Rojniruntikul, 2014).sOn the other hand, the nonprofit organizations tend to motivate their employees through asshort-term capacity building (=-=Eade, 2005-=-) and a general training that often backfire on themsbecause a general training is without an establishment of organizational core competenciess(Prahalad & Hamel, 1990), and a cultivation of a support...

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... organizationsculture and turnover intention (Joo & Park, 2010). The results showed a connection betweensthe two variables, but it was relatively weak and insignificant (Egan, Yang, & Bartlett, 2004;s=-=Emani, Moradi, Idrus, & Almutairi, 2012-=-; Hsu, 2009). Moreover, there were only few studiessthat systematically investigated the role of the mediating effect of a learning organizationsculture on turnover intention (Joo, 2010). Job satisfac...

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...is without an establishment of organizational core competenciess(Prahalad & Hamel, 1990), and a cultivation of a supportive learning environment (Marsicks& Watkins, 2003) increases employee turnover (=-=Flaherty, 2007-=-). This is due to the fact thatsgeneral skills remain applicable to a wide range of functions and spans a variety of industriesswhich creates a better chance for employees to find alternative employme...

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...ed to estimate the models. PLS is a second generation statistical technique that worksswell with structural equation models that contain latent variables and a series of cause-andeffect relationship (=-=Piriyakul, 2011-=-). PLS path model is a structural equation modeling usedsin analysis of path analysis with latent variable to covariance-based structural equationsmodeling (CB SEM) as LISREL, AMOS and others. PLS pat...

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...They were born between the time of the ‘Baby Boomers’ and ‘Millennials’.sGeneration X workers are ambitious, resourceful, and responsible employees, who still valuesflexibility and work-life balance (=-=Rajput, 2012-=-). They are also creative, technologicallyssavvy, and willing to learn new tasks. Generation X workers tend to be more motivated bysjob satisfaction but less motivated by promises of overtime pay. The...

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...herty, 2009). In addition, Barnard’s Theory ofsOrganizational Equilibrium stressed the important of job satisfaction which gives greatsimportance to persuasion, much more than to economic incentives (=-=Takatsu, 1984-=-). Hesmentioned that employees continue to work in the organization as long as their perception issthat the inducements are higher than their contributions.sThe results showed that the learning organi...

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...vate organizations engage and retain their employees through varioussstrategies included on-going education programs, in-house training, professional developmentsand career advancement opportunities (=-=Tangthong, Trimetsoontorn, & Rojniruntikul, 2014-=-).sOn the other hand, the nonprofit organizations tend to motivate their employees through asshort-term capacity building (Eade, 2005) and a general training that often backfire on themsbecause a gene...