Workplace Happiness In Colleges

Abstract

Workplace happiness plays an important role in determining the growth of higher education institutions. Professors/Teachers working in a higher education institution are the main members of the institution. The research attempts to find out employee happiness in the workplace in Affiliated Colleges of Annamalai University. Data was collected from 50 faculties through a structured and standard questionnaire through descriptive research design. In this study, convenience sampling technique has been applied to collect the primary data from faculties. It is discovered that the workplace happiness significantly influences work commitment among the faculties. The analysis found that the workplace happiness significantly influences performance among the faculties. It is identified that the mediating effect of work commitment between workplace happiness and employee performance. Hence, it is concluded that higher educational institutions give their employees the right to decide where, when, what, and how they want to work, and thus improve their faculties’ commitment, engagement, satisfaction, and happiness.