Open AccessDigitalization and Perception of Employee Satisfaction during Pandemic with Special Reference to Selected Academic Institutions in Higher Education
Author(s) -
M. Dhanabhakyam,
Emil Joseph
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mediterranean journal of basic and applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-5059
DOI - 10.46382/mjbas.2022.6106
Subject(s) - salary , job satisfaction , psychology , cronbach's alpha , variety (cybernetics) , employee engagement , test (biology) , applied psychology , public relations , medical education , social psychology , descriptive statistics , political science , mathematics , statistics , medicine , law , paleontology , biology
A satisfied employee is an asset for any organization to produce good results. Further, some of the research studies have shown that the productivity of organizations improves if the satisfaction level is high. Employee Satisfaction happens through a host variety of factors, one of the proven factors for employee satisfaction is "Salary". There were many motivation theories and research conducted on employee satisfaction. Almost all research is always novel due to their contribution and identification of a new phenomenon to Satisfaction. The present research work is also intended to study employee satisfaction taking the variables from previous studies. The current work is majorly focused on academic fraternity, whose contribution is highly essential in producing the next generation in any educational set-up. Unfortunately, not much research happened in this direction. Primary and Secondary data were used for data collection. A simple percentage method was used and considered 120 faculty members, specifically from the arts and science colleges, collected through a well-structured questionnaire. Methods used are Simple percentage analysis, Weighted mean, Cronbach's alpha (Reliability), Chi-square test, Standard deviation, and Ranking. Therefore, the present research work is intended to fill that gap. The study aims to find the Factors influencing the Satisfaction of faculty members working in fine Arts and Science colleges in Palakkad District, Kerala. The research paper initially focused on employee satisfaction on various parameters and then studied the phenomenon during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The pandemic has devastating effects on academic fraternity satisfaction levels, especially in India. A host variety of reasons captured in this study, and finally, the paper ends with some of the suggestions to make a healthy work environment for a happy and satisfied work-life to provide to the community good academic pursuits.