Abstract
The present study is aimed to study the influence of gender and working area of the employees on their quality of work life and mental health. Total 480 employees were selected for the study in which 240 employees were working in Shivaji University, Kolhapur and 240 employees were working in Mumbai University, Mumbai. They were equally distributed on the basis of gender and working area. Quality of work life was measured by ‘Quality of Work Life Scale’ (QWL) which is constructed by Dhar, Dhar and Roy (2011) and mental health was measured by Mithila Mental Health Status Inventory (MMHSI) by Anandkumar and Thakur (1984). Data was analyzed through descriptive statistical technique and Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Result revealed that gender and working area significantly influence on quality of work life of the employees. However, gender also significantly influence on egocentrism and social non-conformity of the employees. Additionally, working area significantly influence on employees alienation. Results were discussed on the basis of above fact and previous literature.
Highlights
OBJECTIVES4. To study the influence of working area on mental health (egocentrism, alienation, expression, emotional un-stability and social non-conformity) of the employees
The first objective of the study was to study the effect of gender on quality of work life among the employees
Gender significantly influence on quality of work life of the employees
Summary
4. To study the influence of working area on mental health (egocentrism, alienation, expression, emotional un-stability and social non-conformity) of the employees. 4. Employees working area will be significantly influence on their mental health (egocentrism, alienation, expression, emotional un-stability and social non-conformity). Mithila Mental Health Status Inventory (MMHSI): To measure the mental health of University of personnel the researcher is planning to use Mithila Mental Health Status Inventory (MMHSI) by Anandkumar and Thakur (1984) This scale contains five subscale namely; i) Egocentrism, ii) Alienation, iii) Expression, iv) Emotional Un-stability and v) Social NonConformity. Procedure: With prior consent of the head of the University and head of the respected department, researcher meet to employees in their work place and measures were given to them They were requested to record their responses freely as per the test instructions on separate answer sheets.
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