Towards Identifying Dimensions of  Job Engagement for Public, Private and Deemed Universities in Delhi-NCR

The concept of engagement has been studied since decades and it is a well established fact that an engaged workforce is much loyal, productive, result oriented and has less intentions to leave the organizations. Though the concept of job engagement has its roots in academics but very few studies have been conducted on faculty especially in Indian context. This study attempts to establish the dimensionality of job engagement of faculty teaching in professional and technical institutions in India using a self constructed questionnaire. This study also presents a vast body of literature regarding engagement and its measurement scales. The study has been conducted on faculty teaching professional and technical courses in universities in Delhi-NCR. The technique of multi stage sampling has been adopted where in at the first stage the sampling was purposive in which Government, Private and Deemed universities (not managed by cooperatives) running Management and Engineering courses were selected. The study was conducted on 209 faculty members from both the courses in three types of universities, using a self constructed engagement scale and the Cronbach Alpha of the same came out to be 0.91.

Keywords

Faculty Job Engagement,Teacher's Job Engagement,Dimensionality of Job Engagement,Indian Faculty Job Engagement

References

Aon Hewitt (2014). Trends in global employee engagement. Consulting: Performance, reward and talent.
Appleton, J.J., Christenson, S.L., Kim, D. & Reschly, A.L. (2006). “Measuring cognitive and psychological engagement: Validation of the Student Engagement Instrument”, Journal of School Psychology, 44(1), pp. 427–445.
Barman, A. and Roy, S. (2011). “Faculty Engagement in Higher Educational Institution — A proposed model.” Revista Românească pentru Educaţie Multidimensională, 3(7), pp. 143–164.
Becker, T.E., Randal, D.M., and Riegel, C.D. (1995). “The Multidimensional View of Commitment and the Theory of Reasoned Action: A Comparative Evaluation.” Journal of Management, 21(4), pp. 617–638.
Boswell, W. (2006). “Aligning employees with the organization's strategic objectives: out of ‘line of sight’, out of mind.” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17(9), pp. 1489–1511.
Burrows, P.L. (2010). An Examination of the relationship among affective, cognitive, behavioral and academic factors of student engagement of 9th grade students, Ph.D Thesis, University of Oregon.
Chandani, A., Mehta, M., Mall, A. and Khokhar, V. (2016). “Employee engagement: A review paper on factors affecting employee engagement.” Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(15), pp. 1–7.
Collins, J.M. (2008). “Coming to America: challenges for faculty coming to United States' Universities.” Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(2), pp. 179–188.
Connell, J.P. & Wellborn, J.G. (1994). Engagement versus disaffection: Motivated patterns of action in the academic domain, University of Rochester.
Field, A. (2000). Discovering Statistics using SPSS for Windows. Sage Publications.
Fredericks, J.A., Blumenfeld, P.C. & Paris, A.H. (2004). “School engagement: Potential of the concept, state of the evidence.” Review of Educational Research, 74(1), pp. 59–109.
Fredricks, J.A. & Eccles, J.S. (2002). “Children's competence and value beliefs from childhood through adolescence.” Developmental Psychology, 38(4), pp. 519–553.
Gallup Organization (2008). Employee Engagement: What's your engagement ratio?
Hackman, J.R. & Oldham, G.R. (1980). Work redesign. Addison-Wesley.
Kahn, W.A. (1990). “Psychological conditions of personal engagement and disengagement at work.” Academy of Management Journal, 33(1), pp. 692–724.
Kaiser, H.F. (1974). “An index of factorial simplicity.” Psychometrika, 39(1), pp. 31–36.
Lacy, Jonnie C. (2009). Employee Engagement: the development of a three dimensional model of engagement…, Queensland University of Technology.
Livingston, Jennifer (2011). Defining and measuring faculty engagement: validation of the faculty engagement survey, Ph.D Thesis, Azusa Pacific University.
Macey, W.H. & Schneider, B. (2008). “The meaning of employee engagement.” Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1(1), pp. 3–30.
Nunnally, J.C. (1978). Psychometric theory (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill.
Pawar, V.A. (2014). Employee engagement: An empirical study of Teacher's engagement in higher education, Ph.D Thesis, NMIMS University.
Pritchard, K. (2008). “Employee engagement in UK: meeting the challenges in public sector.” Development and Learning in Organizations, 22(6), pp. 15–17.
Raina, K. & Khatri, P. (2015). “Faculty engagement in higher education: prospects and areas of research.” On the Horizon, 23(4), pp. 285–308.
Rich, B.L., Lepine, J.A. & Crawford, E.R. (2010). “Job engagement: Antecedents & effects on job performance.” Academy of Management Journal, 53(3), pp. 617–635.
Saks, A.M. & Gruman, J.A. (2011). “Manage employee engagement to manage performance.” Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 4(2), pp. 204–207.
Saks, Alan M. (2006). “Antecedents and consequences of employee engagement.” Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21(7), pp. 600–619.
Salanova, M. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2008). “A cross-national study of work engagement…” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(1), pp. 116–131.
Schaufeli, W.B., Salanova, M., Gonzalez-Roma, V. & Bakker, A.B. (2002). “The measurement of engagement & burnout…” Journal of Happiness Studies, 3(1), pp. 71–92.
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Stevens, J.P. (1992). Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences (2nd Edition). Routledge.
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Wefald, A.J. & Downey, R.G. (2009). “Job engagement in organizations: fad, fashion, or folderol?” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30(1), pp. 141–145.

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[1] Aon Hewitt (2014). Trends in global employee engagement. Consulting: Performance, reward and talent.

[2] Appleton, J.J., Christenson, S.L., Kim, D. & Reschly, A.L. (2006). “Measuring cognitive and psychological engagement: Validation of the Student Engagement Instrument”, Journal of School Psychology, 44(1), pp. 427–445.

[3] Barman, A. and Roy, S. (2011). “Faculty Engagement in Higher Educational Institution — A proposed model.” Revista Românească pentru Educaţie Multidimensională, 3(7), pp. 143–164.

[4] Becker, T.E., Randal, D.M., and Riegel, C.D. (1995). “The Multidimensional View of Commitment and the Theory of Reasoned Action: A Comparative Evaluation.” Journal of Management, 21(4), pp. 617–638.

[5] Boswell, W. (2006). “Aligning employees with the organization's strategic objectives: out of ‘line of sight’, out of mind.” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17(9), pp. 1489–1511.

[6] Burrows, P.L. (2010). An Examination of the relationship among affective, cognitive, behavioral and academic factors of student engagement of 9th grade students, Ph.D Thesis, University of Oregon.

[7] Chandani, A., Mehta, M., Mall, A. and Khokhar, V. (2016). “Employee engagement: A review paper on factors affecting employee engagement.” Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(15), pp. 1–7.

[8] Collins, J.M. (2008). “Coming to America: challenges for faculty coming to United States' Universities.” Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32(2), pp. 179–188.

[9] Connell, J.P. & Wellborn, J.G. (1994). Engagement versus disaffection: Motivated patterns of action in the academic domain, University of Rochester.

[10] Field, A. (2000). Discovering Statistics using SPSS for Windows. Sage Publications.

[11] Fredericks, J.A., Blumenfeld, P.C. & Paris, A.H. (2004). “School engagement: Potential of the concept, state of the evidence.” Review of Educational Research, 74(1), pp. 59–109.

[12] Fredricks, J.A. & Eccles, J.S. (2002). “Children's competence and value beliefs from childhood through adolescence.” Developmental Psychology, 38(4), pp. 519–553.

[13] Gallup Organization (2008). Employee Engagement: What's your engagement ratio?

[14] Hackman, J.R. & Oldham, G.R. (1980). Work redesign. Addison-Wesley.

[15] Kahn, W.A. (1990). “Psychological conditions of personal engagement and disengagement at work.” Academy of Management Journal, 33(1), pp. 692–724.

[16] Kaiser, H.F. (1974). “An index of factorial simplicity.” Psychometrika, 39(1), pp. 31–36.

[17] Lacy, Jonnie C. (2009). Employee Engagement: the development of a three dimensional model of engagement…, Queensland University of Technology.

[18] Livingston, Jennifer (2011). Defining and measuring faculty engagement: validation of the faculty engagement survey, Ph.D Thesis, Azusa Pacific University.

[19] Macey, W.H. & Schneider, B. (2008). “The meaning of employee engagement.” Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1(1), pp. 3–30.

[20] Nunnally, J.C. (1978). Psychometric theory (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill.

[21] Pawar, V.A. (2014). Employee engagement: An empirical study of Teacher's engagement in higher education, Ph.D Thesis, NMIMS University.

[22] Pritchard, K. (2008). “Employee engagement in UK: meeting the challenges in public sector.” Development and Learning in Organizations, 22(6), pp. 15–17.

[23] Raina, K. & Khatri, P. (2015). “Faculty engagement in higher education: prospects and areas of research.” On the Horizon, 23(4), pp. 285–308.

[24] Rich, B.L., Lepine, J.A. & Crawford, E.R. (2010). “Job engagement: Antecedents & effects on job performance.” Academy of Management Journal, 53(3), pp. 617–635.

[25] Saks, A.M. & Gruman, J.A. (2011). “Manage employee engagement to manage performance.” Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 4(2), pp. 204–207.

[26] Saks, Alan M. (2006). “Antecedents and consequences of employee engagement.” Journal of Managerial Psychology, 21(7), pp. 600–619.

[27] Salanova, M. & Schaufeli, W.B. (2008). “A cross-national study of work engagement…” International Journal of Human Resource Management, 19(1), pp. 116–131.

[28] Schaufeli, W.B., Salanova, M., Gonzalez-Roma, V. & Bakker, A.B. (2002). “The measurement of engagement & burnout…” Journal of Happiness Studies, 3(1), pp. 71–92.

[29] Seijts, G.H. & Crim, D. (2006). “What engages employees the most or, the ten C’s of employee engagement.” Ivey Business Journal, 70(4), pp. 1–5.

[30] Selmer, J., Jonasson, C. & Lauring, J. (2014). “Knowledge processing and faculty engagement…” Journal of Further and Higher Education, 38(2), pp. 211–229.

[31] Singh, A. (2011). “Contractual appointments: a new breed of corruption in the education system.” Current Science, 101(6), pp. 716.

[32] Stevens, J.P. (1992). Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences (2nd Edition). Routledge.

[33] Tinsley, H.E. & Tinsley, D.J. (1987). “Uses of factor analysis in counseling psychology research.” Journal of Counseling Psychology, 34(4), pp. 414.

[34] Weber, E.J. (2002). Geschichte der Europäischen Universität. Verlag W. Kohlhammer Stuttgart.

[35] Wefald, A.J. & Downey, R.G. (2009). “Job engagement in organizations: fad, fashion, or folderol?” Journal of Organizational Behavior, 30(1), pp. 141–145.