Happiness is the degree to which a person evaluates the overall quality of his present life-as-a-whole positively . happiness and satisfaction are two concepts related to optimal levels of teachers functioning.

1. Teacher’s happiness at workplace :
Path to achieve success
DR. Amit Joshi
Assistant Professor, ICFAI Business School, ICFAI University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand,
India
Preeti Bhaskar
Faculty, Ibra College of Technology, Oman & Research Scholar, ICFAI University,
Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India

2. Agenda
Introduction
Objective of the study
Research Methodology
Results and discussion
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Conclusion05

3. Happy teachers?

4. Introduction
Does happy teachers bear a
positive attitude and enhances
learning?
What makes teachers happy?
Happiness is the degree to which a person evaluates the overall quality of his
present life-as-a-whole positively . happiness and satisfaction are two concepts
related to optimal levels of teachers functioning.
-Beethoven
Thought?

5. Objective
This study attempts to identify the factors that make teachers
happy as it is a facet of well-being in the Higher Education
Institutions.

6. Research Methodology
Technique: Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
• IPA aims to explore and understand in detail about the person’s experience of a
particular phenomenon.
• IPA is deployed in situations where the sample size understudy is small
• This study has done an in-depth analysis by using semi-structured interviews
with teachers.
• Data were analyzed through ATLAS. ti Version 8.
Sample:
• 15 teachers participated
• Age group 27 to 54 years
• Minimum of 5 years of teaching experience
• Teachers from Universities of Uttarakhand, India.

7. Results
Respect
Appreciation
Clarity
Freedom to work
Superior’s attitude

8. Discussion
Respect
• Self
• Colleague
• Superior
• Students
• Staff
Clarity
• Job
• Position
• Task
• Instructions
Appreciation
• Self
• Colleague
• Superior
• Students
• staff
Freedom to
work
• Dignity
• Limited
interference
• Belief
• Motivation
Superior’s
attitude
• Democratic
• Unbiased
• Positive
• Supportive

9. Conclusion
• Results reveal that Respect, Appreciation, Clarity,
Superior’s Attitude And Freedom To Work are
significant factors which contribute to the teachers’
happiness.
• The study contributes to the evolving literature on
workplace happiness by elucidating the factors which
influence teachers’ efficiency and involvement in an
organization.
• Workplace happiness in colleges could play a
detrimental role in building a positive environment
thereby enhancing learning and development of the
society.
Respect
Appreciation Clarity
Superior’s
Attitude
Freedom
To
Work

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11. International Conference
on
“NEW NORMAL: CORPORATE AND SELF MANAGEMENT IN
CURRENT SCENARIO”
School of Management, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida,
India
DR. Amit Joshi
Assistant Professor, ICFAI Business School, ICFAI University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Preeti Bhaskar
Faculty, Ibra College of Technology, Oman & Research Scholar, ICFAI University, Dehradun, Uttrakhand,
India