Title: Managerial leadership and work-life balance to curtail turnover intentions: does employee happiness play any mediating role?

Authors: Rajwinder Kaur; Gagandeep Kaur; Rasna Pathak

Addresses: University School of Business, Chandigarh University, Gharuan (Mohali), Punjab, India ' University School of Business, Chandigarh University, Gharuan (Mohali), Punjab, India ' University School of Business, Chandigarh University, Gharuan (Mohali), Punjab, India

Abstract: This study inspects the effect of managerial leadership, work-life balance (WLB) and employee happiness on the turnover intentions of academics in private universities. It further investigates the mediating role of employee happiness on the stated relationships. Data for the analysis is gathered from 400 academics working in private universities in Punjab through a self-administered survey. Utilising the Smart PLS 3.3.9 package, the data is statistically analysed. The analysis discovered that managerial leadership and WLB have a negative impact on the turnover intentions of academics. Moreover, the study exposed that managerial leadership and WLB have a positive impact on employee happiness. Similarly, employee happiness partially mediates the outlined relationships. Besides that, employee happiness has a adverse impact on turnover intentions. Consequently, this study suggests implementing several effective managerial leadership and WLB practices in private universities since it may not only improve happiness among academics but also reduce turnover intentions.

Keywords: education industry; leadership; intentions to leave; mediating effect; workplace happiness; work-family conflicts.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2024.141913

International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 2024 Vol.23 No.6, pp.751 - 773

Received: 05 Jan 2023
Accepted: 05 Jul 2023
Published online: 03 Oct 2024 *

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