Quality of School Work Life of Public School Teachers: Cases from Turkey and Pakistan

Akram, Muhammad; Ilgan, Abdurrahman; Özü-Cengiz, Öykü; Shah, Ashfaque Ahmad

doi:10.22555/joeed.v4i2.1366

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“…Ensuring sustainable economic development is dependent upon providing quality of work life (QWL) to the contributors. QWL, a mechanism for employees to frame their lives at work (Robbins, 1989), is regarded as achieving effectiveness in work roles (Seashore, 1975), making people feel comfortable at workplace (Akram et al, 2017). Simply, it refers to the encouraging or discouraging factors available in the work environment (Rantanen et al, 2011) for managing employee work behaviors, including job satisfaction (Lee et al, 2015), organizational commitment (Nayak et al, 2018), turnover intentions ( Jabeen et al, 2018) and employee performance (Kim et al, 2017).…”

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Modeling teachers’ quality of work life: a partial least square approach

Malik

Mehmood²,

Umrani

2019

IJPPM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting quality of work life (QWL) of teachers working in Higher Education Institutions. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional study was conducted by sampling 347 teaching faculty members through questionnaires. Findings Fair communication plays the strongest role and social networks have the weakest role in shaping the QWL in higher educational institutions (HEIs) of Pakistan. The relationship of social networks and QWL negates the Hofstede’s view of Pakistan society to a great extent. Research limitations/implications A cross-sectional data set is used for tapping a small sample size. The direct effects of four factors were considered for examination. The examination of indirect effects for the factors having weak effects is recommended. Practical implications Decision makers having intentions to improve QWL in HEIs must adopt procedural justice and effective communication channels; they should have high respect for employees and should help them to develop networks within the HEIs. Social implications Inter-relationships at workplace are hampering due to weak social networks. Originality/value The study is an important landmark in highlighting the factors that must be available for higher QWL of faculty members of public sector HEIs.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Modeling teachers’ quality of work life: a partial least square approach

Malik

Mehmood²,

Umrani

2019

IJPPM

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“…The roots of quality of work life stemed from its influence on employees' perception and impression about their work, as quality of work life was a philosophy (Carlson, 1980) and a way of thinking about people, work, and organisation (Nadler & Lawler, 1983;Kerce & Booth-Kewley, 1993). Quality of work life was also about making people feel comfortable at the workplace (Akram et al, 2017) and providing a certain degree of flexibility for employees to shape their job functions to meet their needs and interests (Chan & Wyatt, 2007;Sirgy et al, 2001). In essence, quality of work life was defined as "a process by which an organisation responds to employee needs by developing mechanisms to allow them to share fully in making the decisions that design their lives at work'' (Robbins, 1989, p. 207).…”

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Quality of Work Life and Lifelong Learning Among Working Adults in Malaysia: The Mediating Role of Employee Engagement

Mustamil

Jayasingam

2021

Malaysian Management Journal

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There has been a significantly increasing emphasis on the quality of interactions between employers and employees in the context of managerial and organisational studies in Malaysia. To encourage a desirable workforce, organisations often list factors associated with quality of work life, employee engagement, and lifelong learning as contributors to achieving optimal organisational goals. However, do quality of work life and employee engagement truly lead to employee disposition for lifelong learning? This paper aims to explore quality of work life and employee engagement as precursors to establishing a workforce that embraces lifelong learning. Structural Equation Modeling analysis was employed on 472 samples obtained from working adults holding different positions in various organisations in the country. The empirical results demonstrate that quality of work life leads to employee engagement, which in turn, positively contributes to lifelong learning. The results also suggest that employee engagement fully mediates the relationship between quality of work life and lifelong learning. This study provides a more in-depth understanding of what it takes to create a workforce that engages in continuous learning, and sets the tone for compelling narratives in rolling out organisational vision and mission for lifelong learning in Malaysia.

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“…Renthlei (2016) finds out that the perspective that the level of pay is additionally a significant effect on work life balance along these lines to advance the WLB, the establishments should give better compensation. Akram et al, (2017) show that the assessment is revolved around Pakistani teachers who should be offered more administrative assistance, workplaces at work, and progression openings from both the district and typical trained professionals.…”

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Relative Study of Work-Life Stability on Public With Private Educator With Reference to Coimbatore

RajaSharmila

GeethaLavanya

2021

IJRTBT

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There is no distinction between work and life in this technology world, work-life balance plays a significant role in our day-to-day life to ensure our life, work is incredibly important so as that everybody runs behind the work there isn't any time working out with the family, health, and assemble with relatives and friends even though our food can't be chewed properly. In those days people worked harder and had enough time to spend with their families and relatives they don't even know the meaning of word accent. But in the current scenario excessive work is dumped to teachers to urge for good results. Teaching could be a profession that needs countless patience and sympathy. When the pressure falls on the teachers the identical pressure falls on the students. The teachers become stressed, and the condition of the students also become depressed. Nowadays, teachers are digitally connected with technology and talking with technology through online classes. These types of requirements are not equal to various sectors of the working classes. The main aim of this study is regarding the work-life balance, time management, income level and health. In this paper, the authors were putting to discuss the comparative study of a work-life balance on public and private teachers, and also suggest that there should be time-space to complete each work, and with this a proper tool was used in the study, and therefore, the study is conducted within Coimbatore region.

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Quality of School Work Life of Public School Teachers: Cases from Turkey and Pakistan

Cited by 13 publications

References 24 publications

Modeling teachers’ quality of work life: a partial least square approach

Modeling teachers’ quality of work life: a partial least square approach

Quality of Work Life and Lifelong Learning Among Working Adults in Malaysia: The Mediating Role of Employee Engagement

Relative Study of Work-Life Stability on Public With Private Educator With Reference to Coimbatore

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