Determinants of Happiness at Workplace - An Analysis

Abstract

Management of employee has become the most challenging elements of any organisation/ institution. Highly skilled employee are the asset of an organization who need to be perfectly aligned and motivated regularly and happiness becomes essential for these type of employees. Bishop Heber College has a strong Culture and intensely believe that the development of the institution lies on the job satisfaction of the employee which is influenced by Happiness. The aim of the study is to assess the happiness, wellbeing and aspects of resilience among the Teaching Community of Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli. The universe of this study is 552 which include 99 staff from Aided stream and 453 from Self-finance stream. Simple Random Sampling method is used to collect the data. This study was conducted using Google forms. The form was sent to 264 respondents using Lottery method. The Survey approach was adapted using self-administered questionnaire and Determinants of Happiness at Workplace Scale. Nearly half (49.24%) of the respondents are aged between 31yrs to 40yrs, more than half (55.30%) of the respondents are from Science Departments and majority (85.22%) of the respondents belongs to Self-finance Stream. Less than half (43.18%) of the respondents monthly income are between Rs 25,100 to Rs 50,000.Less than half (46.21%) of the respondents are having less than five years of experience and a considerable few (7.95%) are having more than 21 years’ of experience and few (7.19%) of the respondents are having more than 16 years of experience at Bishop Heber College. The Study reveals that as the years of experience increases, the level of happiness also increases among the teaching community of Bishop Heber College.