Quality of Work Life, Job Satisfaction and Happiness among Academics at a University of Technology in South Africa
Higher education institutions are competing globally to attract and retain accomplished academics to contribute to an institution’s performance. However, the efficiency of a higher education institution might depend on how it manages one of its most important assets contributing to the human capita...
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Higher education institutions are competing globally to attract and retain accomplished academics to contribute to an institution’s performance. However, the efficiency of a higher education institution might depend on how it manages one of its most important assets contributing to the human capital of the institution, the academics. Therefore, an academic’s quality of work life, job satisfaction and happiness should be considered and evaluated on a continuous basis to holistically ascertain an institution’s effectiveness. This study examines the relationships between QWL, job satisfaction and happiness among academics at a university in South Africa. A quantitative research approach was followed entrenching a post-positivist research paradigm, sampling 300 academic employees at the applicable university. The Quality of Work Life Scale, the Brief Job Satisfaction Measure II, and the Subjective Happiness Scale were applied in this study and demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity. The results revealed significant positive relationships and positive significant predictive relationships between the constructs. A generic academic workload policy should be followed by all faculties at the university to ensure that workloads are equitable and flexible.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f2863af9ccba4b6bbec5fdf06b9b15a32025-07-28T22:05:14ZengResearch and Postgraduate Support DirectorateAfrican Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies2663-45972663-45892025-06-0171Quality of Work Life, Job Satisfaction and Happiness among Academics at a University of Technology in South AfricaLieketseng Maburu Loko0Yolande Van Zyl1Elizabeth Chinomona2Vaal university of Technology, South AfricaVaal university of Technology, South AfricaVaal university of Technology, South Africa Higher education institutions are competing globally to attract and retain accomplished academics to contribute to an institution’s performance. However, the efficiency of a higher education institution might depend on how it manages one of its most important assets contributing to the human capital of the institution, the academics. Therefore, an academic’s quality of work life, job satisfaction and happiness should be considered and evaluated on a continuous basis to holistically ascertain an institution’s effectiveness. This study examines the relationships between QWL, job satisfaction and happiness among academics at a university in South Africa. A quantitative research approach was followed entrenching a post-positivist research paradigm, sampling 300 academic employees at the applicable university. The Quality of Work Life Scale, the Brief Job Satisfaction Measure II, and the Subjective Happiness Scale were applied in this study and demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity. The results revealed significant positive relationships and positive significant predictive relationships between the constructs. A generic academic workload policy should be followed by all faculties at the university to ensure that workloads are equitable and flexible. https://journals.dut.ac.za/index.php/ajims/article/view/1444quality of work lifejob satisfactionhappinessuniversity academics |
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| title | Quality of Work Life, Job Satisfaction and Happiness among Academics at a University of Technology in South Africa |
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