Sumedha Journal of Management

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 1

A Study on Institutional Factors Leading to Well-Being among Faculty Members of Self Financing Business Schools in Kerala

  • Author:
  • M.H. Salim, Mallika Sankar
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 118 to 128

* Research Supervisor, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

*** Director, Musaliar Institute of Management, Pathanamthitta, Kerala-689 693. E-mail-doctorsalim@gmail.com

** Research Scholar, Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

**** Assistant Professor, Musaliar Institute of Management, Pathanamthitta, Kerala-689 693. E-mail-sankar.mallika@gmail.com

Abstract

Management education in India has witnessed remarkable growth in the past few decades. Kerala, the most literate state in India, has been flourishing in Business Management education with more than hundred Business schools in the state. The realization of global competitiveness has become an inevitable factor for the survival and growth of business schools. In the context of global competitiveness, it is essential to ensure that the B-schools in Kerala do not lose its importance in the international arena and needs future global managers with qualities and competencies in an international perspective. Business Schools are the educational institution that moulds and cultivate management professionals to face the challenges of the competitive corporate world. Faculty members ground this progression. Faculty members who are credible and capable to transform students from one level to the next level of excellence are an indispensible element in the education sector. Academicians who lack motivation and commitment can have a negative impact on the student's learning. In this context, this study is focused on more than 600 academicians from different business schools to understand what factors leading to a state of well-being among faculty members of self financing business schools in Kerala. The study included the micro and macro aspects of faculty well-being.

Keywords

Management Education, Faculty Member, Motivation, Well-being