An Evaluation of Happiness Status of Academic personnel in Nigerian University Community: Work Environ Perspective

Abstract

Educationists, in recent times have accepted the importance of happiness in human life. They have acknowledged that teaching and  learning goals and objectives are consistent with happiness. Quality and equity education lead to the enhancement of capabilities and  functioning, which facilitates positive life that brings about happiness and development. The ideal university system generally enhances happiness of the university community which overflows in the society. It is in line with these assertions that this work aimed to ascertain  the happiness status of academic personnel in Nigerian University community with emphasis on their working environment. Linear  Regression Model method was employed and the work discovered that the academic personals of the Nigerian university community are  not happy. The work therefore, concludes that university teachers/lecturers are key when it comes to building society’s happiness and  recommends that university academic community be taken more seriously in terms of provisions that will enhance their happiness.