Balancing work and life inacademia: unraveling theemployee engagement mystery

Title

Balancing work and life inacademia: unraveling theemployee engagement mystery

Creator

Tiwari M.; Srivastava M.K.; Suresh A.S.; Sharma V.; Mahajan Y.

Description

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 Kennys 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. 2024, Emerald Publishing Limited.

Source

International Journal of Educational Management, Vol-38, No. 7, pp. 1884-1902.

Date

2024-01-01

Publisher

Emerald Publishing

Subject

Education sector; Employee engagement; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Perceived work-life benefits; Worklife balance

Coverage

Tiwari M., Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Srivastava M.K., Christ University, Bangalore, India; Suresh A.S., Aditya School of Business Management, Mumbai, India; Sharma V., Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India; Mahajan Y., Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 0951354X

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-03-2024-0183

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