scholarly journals Employee Engagement Factors in A Higher Education Institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
Ahmad Azmy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Supervisory Relationships ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Planning Culture

This reseach analyzed factors that correlated with employee engagement in a higher education institution. The object of this research was the lecturers and employees with the total of 100 people. There were measured on how to produce academic quality accompanied by excellent service to students. Dimensions used were compensation, leadership and organizational planning, culture and corporate communication, job environment, supervisory relationships, employee satisfaction and training, development, and resources. The process of collecting data was through the questionnaires. The research method used Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). In the results, all dimensions used have a significant influence on employee engagement because of p-values <0,05 and t-tables > t-statistics. The supervisor relationship dimension has the highest correlation of 66,5%, and employee satisfaction has the lowest correlation of 13,8%. Higher education institutions must increase employee engagement to maintain productivity and performance. Employee engagement is one of the keys to the success of educational institutions to produce exceptional academic quality and services for the entire academic community.

scholarly journals Academic Staff Perceptions toward Implementing Total Quality Management Principles

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Naail Mohammed Kamil ◽  
Loutfi Boulahlib ◽  
Mohammed Borhandden Musa ◽  
Shafeeq Hussain Vazathodi Al-Hudawi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Academic Degree

Purpose-This study examines the attitude of academic staff in one higher education institution in Malaysia towards the implementation of total quality management principles, and how that affects the intention to implement total quality management in the university. It also highlights the impacts of several demographic variables on the implementation of total quality management in the university.Design/methodology/approach-The study used survey data drawn from 149 academic staff selected using stratified random sampling techniques. Regression analysis was used to analyse data.Finding-The findings demonstrate there is a positive significant correlation between attitude toward TQM implementation (customers and stakeholders, employee engagement and teamwork, continuous improvements and total degree of attitude) and the intention to practice TQM among sampled institution faculties.Concerning the correlation between the subjective norms and intention, the analysis manifests that there is no significant correlation between the subjective norms of TQM and the intention to practice TQM principles among institutional staff.Furthermore, the study also found that there are no significant differences in the attitude towards implementation of total quality managementprinciples due to the variables of gender, nationality, marital status, work experiences, the faculty and job positions with the exception of academic degree, where significant differences are shown.Value/originality-Since the study reports the understanding of academic staff of a higher education institution toward the implementation of total quality management principles, top management in the tertiary sector may find the findings and conclusions useful when planning for the implementation of total quality management principles.

scholarly journals The Influence of Quality Leadership and Quality Commitment to Performance of Higher Education Institution

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1637-1645
Author(s):  
Andi Arif ◽  
Aan Komariah ◽  
Johar Permana ◽  
Asep Sudarsyah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Higher Education Organizations ◽  
State Higher Education

The aim of this study is, to reveal the influence of quality leadership and quality commitment on the performance of higher education organizations. The sample in this study consisted of academic community (educators and education staff) from 44 study programs in 5 state higher education institutions in the Province of Bangka Belitung Islands. The results showed that, there was a positive significant influence on quality leadership on organizational performance. In addition, there is a positive significant influence too on staff quality commitment to organizational performance through quality leadership. So as improving organizational performance, the elements of higher education leadership must be more quality oriented and also need to be supported by academics whose are committed to quality

scholarly journals READING BEYOND THE STROKES: A SEMIOTIC ANALYSIS OF EDITORIAL CARTOONS ON A CAMPUS NEWSPAPER OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Benjamin Baguio Mangila
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Editorial Cartoons ◽  
Campus Newspaper

Editorial cartoons have an unchallenged history as a unique and important artefact in both political and cultural discourses. In journalism, they offer varied insights and may eventually alter beliefs and opinions, influence politics, trigger discussions, and give life to ideas. This paper investigates the signs and meanings of editorial cartoons published in a campus newspaper of a tertiary school in the Philippines. It anchors on Chandler’s semiotic concepts in analyzing the editorial cartoons that incorporate both the Saussurean dyadic concept of signs, signifier and signified, and the Peircean triadic concept of signs as symbolic indexical, and iconic. It also considers Leymore’s idea of the figure and ground, which identifies the primary, secondary, and tertiary signifiers based on their importance or impact on editorial cartoons. Analysis shows that editorial cartoons contain all types of signifiers, primary, secondary, and tertiary, which work together to effectively convey the intended meanings to its target readers. These signifiers also possess certain characteristics as being symbolic, indexical, and iconic and they blend together to enrich the editorial cartoons’ intended meanings. Furthermore, these editorial cartoons illustrate the newspaper’s perceptions as well as its stand on various issues and concerns relating or affecting the students and the whole academic community. Although these editorial cartoons are only published in the campus newspaper, they do not only deal with important local issues and concerns but in the national and global spheres as well.

scholarly journals The impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a South African public higher education institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 314-324
Author(s):  
Anrusha Bhana ◽  
Sachin Suknunan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
South African ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
The Impact

Ethical leadership has become a fundamental building block amongst the corporate organizations globally. However, minimal research evidence was found from a higher education institution (HEI) perspective, including the evidence from a South African higher education setting. Due to the lack of research linking the ethical leadership`s style and employee`s engagement (EE) at higher education institutions, it becomes important to find out if ethical leadership can positively promote the EE, which, in turn, can promote various other benefits at the institutions. Therefore, this study aims to examine this from the perspective of ethical leadership style and its impact on the EE. This study focused on a large HEI (Higher Education institution) based in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Quantitative data collection employed the probability sampling targeting 420 employees. Questionnaires were used as data collection tools and obtained a response rate of 312 (74%). The results show that the average mean value for EE (M = 2.87) was weak in comparison to the measurement standard of 3.00, which implied a lack of EE between leadership and employees. In addition, the results indicate that ethical leadership can positively influence the EE (M = 4.27), thus, indicating the need for more ethical leadership at this institution. Furthermore, the current lack of employee`s engagement by leaders that do not exhibit the ethical leadership style can result in employees` disengagement at the institution.

scholarly journals Study the influence of physiological and hygienic elements a healthy lifestyle on the functional state and performance of students at a pedagogical university

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-146
Author(s):  
Lyudmila A. Sorokina ◽  
Leonid G. Buynov ◽  
Grigory E. Gun ◽  
Maksim S. Kuznetsov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Functional Condition ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Bachelor Degree ◽  
Second Year ◽  
And Performance ◽  
High Level ◽  
Experimental Group

Introduction. Now, around the world, much attention is paid to an issue of timely receiving quality education. Training process always was and remains rather difficult type of work and demands from the pupil not only sufficient motivation, but also some other, not less important psychophysiological qualities of the personality. One of such obligatory qualities is presence at the studying health which is shown an optimum functional condition and high level of working capacity. Purpose. The research of influence of excessive pastime on the Internet on a functional condition and intellectual efficiency of second-year students of a bachelor degree of pedagogical higher education institution was the purpose of this work. Material and methods. Second-year students of a bachelor degree of pedagogical higher education institution, at the age of 19-20 years, daily carrying out more than 5 hours at the computer, from among which they were created control (n = 19) and experimental (n = 21), of group acted as examinees. To all respondents examination with assessment of initial level of the key psychophysiological indicators then respondents of experimental group observed a high security of work and rest was conducted. Results. After three-months realization of the studied elements of a healthy lifestyle at examinees of experimental group authentically significantly in comparison with reference values indicators the test health activity mood (for 29.0%), critical frequency of flashings (for 4.3%), difficult sensomotorny reaction to light (for 23.5%), operating with spatial representations and intelligence (by 25.9%), the strength of nervous processes and tests of Gencha improved (for 17.8%). Conclusion. Three-months observance of a rated work-rest schedule authentically significantly improves a functional condition and intellectual efficiency of second-year students of a bachelor degree of pedagogical higher education institution. However, the positive effect reached as a result of use of health saving behavior model gradually is lost on condition of return of examinees to initial behavioural concepts.

Balancing countervailing processes at a Lithuanian university

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 327-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liudvika Leisyte ◽  
Mantas Vilkas ◽  
Egle Staniskiene ◽  
Daiva Zostautiene
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Organisational Learning ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Central Administration ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how the countervailing processes for enhancing academic excellence based on professional norms are balanced out with the market-oriented processes of standardisation and performance management in a university. Further, the authors aim to explore how and if organisational learning occurs in balancing these processes. Design/methodology/approach The longitudinal, inductive three-year study of a higher education institution in Lithuania was used to understand how a higher education institution based on the norms of academic excellence was balanced out with the market-oriented processes and what mechanisms of leaning took place during the process. The authors drew upon three data sources – archival materials, observation and interviews with academic staff and administrators – to capture the processes of rebalancing and learning. Findings A complex balance is observed between the strive for academic excellence and market relevance. Market relevance has been the dominant reform tone for the central administration of a Lithuanian university (LTU), while maintenance of academic excellence prevailed among academic staff. The LTU manages the countervailing processes by standardising, financialising, surveying and disciplining. The rebalancing resulted in dissent from the academic community. Organisational learning could be observed in the example of the introduction of a new examination procedure, while it could not occur during the process of new performance management system introduction. The process led to mutual distrust between the academic staff and the management of the LTU. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on organisational learning in higher education, showing how an eager entrepreneurial university engages in the reform process and how it engages in the complex balancing of countervailing processes of academic excellence and market relevance. The authors contribute with empirical evidence on how rebalancing processes in a professional organisation works and what limitations it faces. The study shows the vital multi-stakeholder involvement and understanding of the process of change. The authors further contribute to the discussion on the adoption factors of performance-based systems and the process of institutionalisation using a longitudinal perspective as called for in previous research.

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