Volume : II, Issue : II, February - 2013

Quality of Work Life in Academic: A Review of Literature

Dr. K. M. Nalwade, Shri. S. R. Nikam

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Human resource is a valuable asset of an organization as survival, growth; stability is heavily relied on people associated with it. In this era of globalization every organization is struggling to attract and retain competent workforce. Several studies have been undertaken to ascertain this menace, but still this malady which is stumbling block is not eradicated. QWL is gaining the momentum as it consider as one of the remedy for all kinds of organization ailment. Initiative have been taken in this endeavor for fostering Employee QWL which would fetch physical and mental well being to an employee and consequently extract the benefit of loyalty, honesty, dedication and the like. This paper focus on existing literature on QWL in academic. A rigorous literature review has taken and narrated. It is discovered through the literature that, most of the research scholar used Walton QWL dimensions i.e. Adequate and fair compensation, Safe and healthy working conditions, Opportunity for continued growth and security, Constitutionalism in the work organization, the social relevance of work life, Total life space, Social integration in the work organization and Developing human capabilities and establish its relationship with employee demographic variable, stress, satisfaction, commitment, performance, job satisfaction which reveal that former are the determinant of QWL.

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Dr. K. M. Nalwade,Shri. S. R. Nikam Quality of Work Life in Academic: A Review of Literature International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.II, Issue.II February 2013


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