Does the Organization Have an Impact on the Happiness and Life Satisfaction of Agricultural Scientists in India?

Abstract

Happiness at workplace is important for both individuals and organizations, as it is known to increase and sustain employee productivity. The present study assesses the personality and wellbeing attributes of agricultural scientists to find out any differences in these attributes between the scientists working in two different organizations viz., Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and State Agricultural Universities (SAUs). The findings revealed that the agricultural scientists, irrespective of the organization in which they are working, have similar personality traits and equal scores on the happiness index. However, SAU scientists are found to have higher scores on life satisfaction and lower scores on Psychological Wellbeing (PWB) compared to ICAR scientists. Even though at the beginning of their career, scientists from SAU were reported to have higher wellbeing, in the long run, ICAR scientists were found to sustain their levels of happiness and PWB.