Balancing work and life in academia: unraveling the employee engagement mystery

Mukul Tiwari, Manish Kumar Srivastava, A.S. Suresh, Vinod Sharma, Yogesh Mahajan
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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to further the understanding of employees’ engagement by explaining their organizational commitment through their perception of the availability of work-life benefits in the organization. This study also investigates the mediating role of job satisfaction in this context.

Design/methodology/approach

The model was tested on the primary data collected in two phases from 270 teaching professionals in higher education institutes in Northern India. Barren and Kenny’s algorithm and hierarchical regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses.

Findings

The results reveal that employees’ perception of work-life benefits strongly influences their organizational commitment. Also, the results support that employees’ job satisfaction mediates the above-mentioned relationship.

Research limitations/implications

Self-reported data could be considered as a key limitation of this study and for more accurate results supervisors’ (line managers) perspective could also be included in future studies. Also, in addition to perceived work-life benefits, supervisors’ support could also have an impact on employees’ commitment, thus its inclusion in the model could draw a clearer picture.

Originality/value

This research has two key contributions: first, it adds to the limited literature examining the employees’ engagement issues in the academic sector. Second, this research is one of, if not the first, to investigate perceived work-life benefits among third-level teaching staff in India to explain employees’ commitment to their organizations.

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平衡学术界的工作与生活:揭开员工敬业度之谜
目的本研究旨在通过解释员工对组织中工作与生活福利可用性的感知,进一步了解员工的敬业度。本研究还探讨了工作满意度在此背景下的中介作用。设计/方法/途径本模型通过分两个阶段从印度北部高等教育机构的 270 名教学专业人员处收集的原始数据进行了测试。结果结果显示,员工对工作-生活福利的感知强烈影响着他们的组织承诺。研究局限性/意义自我报告数据可能被认为是本研究的一个主要局限性,为了获得更准确的结果,在今后的研究中还可以纳入主管(部门经理)的观点。此外,除了感知到的工作与生活的益处外,主管的支持也会对员工的承诺产生影响,因此将其纳入模型可以得出更清晰的结果。 原创性/价值本研究有两个主要贡献:首先,它为研究学术领域员工参与问题的有限文献增添了新的内容。其次,本研究是调查印度第三级教职员工感知到的工作与生活福利以解释员工对组织的承诺的研究之一,如果不是第一项的话。
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期刊介绍: The International Journal of Educational Management (IJEM) provides those interested in the effective management of the educational process with a broad overview of developments and best practice in the field, with particular reference to how new ideas can be applied worldwide. As the whole structure and philosophy of education goes through a sea-change, and as budgets are cut, educational managers need to keep abreast of new developments in order to maximize their resources and determine the most appropriate management strategy for their institution. The journal explores research in the following areas: -Innovation in educational management across the spectrum -The development of educational delivery mechanisms -Creation of an environment in which the management of resources provides the most efficient outputs -Sharing of new initiatives, with an international application The International Journal of Educational Management addresses the increasingly complex role of the educational manager, offering international perspectives on common problems and providing a forum for the sharing of ideas, information and expertise.
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