Precursor To Happiness and Factors Influencing Higher Education Wellbeing

Abstract

Being happy is of great importance to most people and happiness has been found to be a highly valued goal in most of the organisation. The interest in happiness has also extended to workplace experiences. Workplace happiness plays a pivotal role in deciding the future growth of the higher education Institutions. Institution Professors/Teachers are the key asset of the Institution and if they are found to be happy and satisfied with their job and their workplace than it indirectly effects the overall functioning of any school.

This research is a detailed study about the definition, cause and consequences of happiness at work. It has also drawn attention to a comprehensive measure of individual’s level of happiness which primarily includes positive wellbeing, job satisfaction and organisational commitment and work engagement. The paper also shows the relationship of various determinants of workplace happiness and figuring out the happiness of the employees at the workplace. The study is exploratory in nature and a survey was conducted among the teachers /professors of higher education institutions in National Capital Region of India. Self-structured questionnaire was used to collect the primary data.

This research paper suggests workplace happiness and understanding its various antecedents and their impact on the workplace’s happiness of higher education wellbeing.