Full Length Research Paper
Exploring employee work
engagement in academia: A
qualitative study
Ibrahim Al-Jubari
Abstract
Academic institutions need
to engage academic staff
members in order to make
full utilization of
knowledge they have and
transmit it to younger
generations to build better
societies. Therefore, the
main purpose of this study
is to explore what really
makes academic members
engaged. Semi-structured
interviews with six
informants from academia
were conducted to explore
this issue. This study
employs convenience sampling
technique. The nature of the
job and subjects taught, the
feeling of responsibility
and trust, the quality of
relationship between
lecturers and their
immediate bosses were the
major contributors to their
engagement. However,
organizational justice found
to have little impact on
their engagement.
Key words: Academia,
employee, lecturers,
informant.
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