Title: Casualisation of teaching workforce in higher education sector: a study of its impact on the relative performance of the employees

Authors: Abhishek Sharma; Kiran Mehra; Supreet Sandhu

Addresses: School of Management, Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering Technical Campus, Jalandhar, India ' School of Management, Apeejay Institute of Management and Engineering Technical Campus, Jalandhar, India ' University Business School, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

Abstract: The casualisation of workforce has achieved the status of global phenomenon and the education sector of India is also one of the prominent sectors that increase its dependence on the casual workforce. The international organisations such as International Labor Organisation (ILO) and the Industrial and Public Service International (PSI) have condemned the practice of casualisation in various sectors of the country. The increase in casualisation of workforce in education sector is having the long term impact on the overall growth and development of the country. The education institutions are adopting the practices of hiring casual workers rather than full time workers. The study attempts to establish the relationship between the casualisation of teaching workforce and the performance of employees in higher education sector by setting the null and alternative hypothesis. The regression analysis test through the IBM SPSS software is used to analyse the data which showed that there is a positive correlation between the casualisation of workforce and work performance of the employees.

Keywords: casualisation; higher education industry; performance of employees; quality education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTTC.2025.145562

International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, 2025 Vol.21 No.2, pp.105 - 115

Received: 01 Mar 2024
Accepted: 11 Nov 2024
Published online: 04 Apr 2025 *

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