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http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/480| Title: | Faculty work engagement and happiness: an empirical research |
| Authors: | Khurana, Poonam Narula, Swati Manchanda, Parul |
| Issue Date: | 2024 |
| Publisher: | Int. J. Public Sector Performance Management |
| Abstract: | Happiness at the workplace mentions, how contented people are with their work life. The study aimed to examine the level of work engagement of the faculty members working at different institutes in Delhi/NCR region. This study is explanatory in nature aimed to describe the status of work engagement and happiness at workplace perceived by the faculty members of various colleges/institutes in Delhi/NCR region. Utrecht work engagement scale was utilised to capture the level of faculty engagement. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire developed by Michael Argyle and Peter Hills was used to examine the level of happiness perceived by the faculty members. The present research has shown that faculty has reported a high or above average level of work engagement (WE). The results indicated that there is significant positive relationship between relationship WE and happiness of the faculty members. The regression analysis has shown that vigour is a positive significant predictor of happiness. |
| Description: | Individuals have always tried to achieve happiness as an end goal, it is often referred to as an enduring state of wellbeing. Everyone in the world is seeking for happiness in a variety of ways (Fisher, 2010; Aydin, 2012). Consequently people’s daily thoughts and actions are aimed for achieving and maintaining the happiness (Tomasulo and Pawelski, 2012). Additionally it has been recognised in various studies that work is an; important part of one’s lifespan (De n Dulk et al., 2013) act as a foundation for accomplishing wealth (Gavin and Mason, 2004). Work environment plays a significant role in employee happiness (Wesarat et al., 2014). Happiness is particularly related to the subjective wellbeing of an individual. Happy employees at workplace are more productive than their counter fellow colleagues (Boehm and Lyubomirsky, 2008; Lyubomirsky et al., 2005). Irrespective of the multiple benefits happiness may have in the actual workplace setting. It has been observed that, companies these days have been focusing extensively on analysing and interpreting performance indicators and determining the various efficiency metrics with the help of various big data analytics tool. Thus, the psychology of a workplace setting falls prey to the analytics and takes a backseat. It has been observed that the companies generally have a mindset to treat employee’s happiness, when they have extra time, but that is generally regarded as too late. It has also been forecasted by one of finest international agencies of the United Nations, i.e., World Health Organization (WHO) by the year 2020, that depression may be the second most concerning factor leading to work incapacity. They have also indicated that the situation in Europe is already alarming, of the entire workforce, 22% of it is already facing stress. |
| URI: | https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJPSPM.2023.135034 http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/480 |
| Appears in Collections: | VSBS |
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