QUALITY OF WORK-LIFE IN EDUCATION SECTOR: WITH REFERENCE TO DEEMED UNIVERSITIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

Quality of work life (QWL) is viewed as an alternative to the control approach of managing people. The quality of work life approach considers people as an 'asset' to the organization rather than as ‘costs'. It believes that, people perform better when they are allowed to participate in managing their work and make decisions. To satisfy the new generation workforce, organizations need to concentrate on job designs and organization of work. This research study highlights the quality of work life of university teachers under various dimensions. New challenges can be faced with employees' commitment and involvement in achieving organizational goals. This study helps the university teachers to know the level of perception towards quality of work life and to enhance the same by the educational administrators. The major objective of the study is to find whether the quality of work life leads to job satisfaction or not. The result revealed that, all the variables have the positive influence on the quality of work life. That means any increase or decrease in job satisfaction of employees will show changes in the quality of work life of employees in the university.