PERCEPTIONS OF QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AMONG MANAGEMENT STUDIES FACULTY MEMBERS

Abstract

Today’s trend poses a great challenge to the educational institutions to lead their knowledge workers holistically. The key to manage this is through enhancing their quality of Work Life. Quality of Work Life is the degree to which work in an organization contributes to material & psychological well-being of its members. The purpose of this research study is to empirically measure the perception of quality of work life among faculty of management studies in Theni Distrct. Descriptive research design was adopted for this research study. ­226 Faculty of Management Studies working in Theni Distrct constitutes the Universe. Simple random sampling method was adopted to derive 134 samples from the Universe. A structured Questionnaire was administered to collect primary data and was constructed based on Walton’s (1973) eight major conceptual categories to Quality of Work Life (Adequate and Fair compensation, Safe and Healthy Working Conditions, Immediate Opportunity to Use and Develop Human Capacities, Opportunity for Continued Growth and Security, Social Integration in the Work Organization, Constitutionalism in the Work Organization, Work and Total Life Space and  Social Relevance of Work Life Capacities). The collected data was then analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Structural Equation Model to draw inferences for this research study. The result of this empirical study indicates that Social Relevance of Work Life is the prime factor in determining the Quality of Work Life of Faculty of Management Studies and the proposed model is a good fit and it proves to be of significance for the further researchers.