Organizational Culture and Its Impact on Student Engagement: A Study Based on Private and Public Universities in Rajasth
Higher education institutions are nowadays facing several challenges about attainment of students and their retention where cut-throat competition has pervaded the entire world. Various researches have shown that if an organization wishes to thrive, it ha
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Organizational Culture and Its Impact on Student Engagement: A Study Based on Private and Public Universities in Rajasthan Preeti Mishra and Sourabh Sharma
Introduction Higher education is about the fundamental importance of the nation, as it is an intense instrument to construct the learning-based society of the twenty-first century (Nyangau 2014). Foshay (1991) in one of his articles specified that since long antiquity ancient, the objective of education has been to bring people this realization that how does it feel like to be a human being. Education in its most prime sense is any deed or knowhow that has a seminal effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual (Edwards 1993/2012). Questions have been raised about the existence of organizational culture and its significance. The culture of an organization is manifested in what is performed here, how is it performed and who are the major
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performers in it (Tierney 1988). Further includes, “It concerns decisions, actions, and communication both on an instrumental and a symbolic level.” According to Ahmad (2012), organizational culture is a significant feature of a firm, as it can, and does influence the conduct of the employees, enthusiasm, and ideals. That is also true in the matter of institutions, their personnel, faculties and, of course, students. Nevertheless, we have always observed that the output of any company depends on the quality of its personnel and employees. These participants of the companies should be well versed and careful in order to achieve the desired outcome. Distinguished and recognized companies employ students from famous colleges and universities. The culture of the institutions defines the people who are involved in it. Having said so, this research work is imperative in order to manifest the involvement of students not only for the progress of the society but also for their own progress and advancement. Kuh (2003) explains engagement as “the time and vigor students dedicate to educationally sound actions and deeds internally and beyond the classroom and the guidelines and practices that institutions apply to persuade students to participate in these activities.” Presenting better educational practice encourages faculty, staff, students, and many others on the assignments and activities that are related with higher consequences in terms of desired student outcomes (Bottenfield 2013). Gunuc and Kuzu (2015) quantified two types of involvements, namely, class involvement and campus involvement, and further elucidated the subdivisions of these two dimensions as cognitive, emotional, and behavioral involvements under class and morals, sense of attachment, and partaking under campus. Higher education institutions are nowadays facing several challen
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