1.
T.k. Mandal
– Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwadvidyalaya, Indore, India.
2.
Upinder Dhar
– Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwadvidyalaya, Indore, India.
Abstract
Although employees of higher education
institutions are equally, if not
more, exposed to burnout and stress
like their corporate counterparts,
research studies are only a few on
their well-being and happiness. This
study examines if employees perceive
their past, present, and future
happiness to be inter-related and
whether one predicts the other. The
study also attempts to establish if
happiness differs between genders,
cadres, and education levels. Responses
of 224 employees of a state
private university were collected on
an anchoring scale. Data were analyzed
by partial correlation and linear
regression analyses. Z-test and
t-test were carried out to check if
differences in mean happiness levels
were significant. The results
showed that there is a curvilinear
relationship between happiness and
time in terms of past, present, and
future.
