Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Balancing work and life inacademia: unraveling theemployee engagement mystery Subject The topic of the resource Education sector; Employee engagement; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Perceived work-life benefits; Worklife balance Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tiwari M.; Srivastava M.K.; Suresh A.S.; Sharma V.; Mahajan Y. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Educational Management, Vol-38, No. 7, pp. 1884-1902. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emerald Publishing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-03-2024-0183" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-03-2024-0183</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85200116343&amp;doi=10.1108%2FIJEM-03-2024-0183&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=8024f79afa233175cce5ea3032c87949" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85200116343&amp;doi=10.1108%2fIJEM-03-2024-0183&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=8024f79afa233175cce5ea3032c87949</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 0951354X Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 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