Work life Balance and Productivity: A Study among Unaided Faculty Members in Arts and Science Colleges of Kerala

The study analyses and investigates the challenges encountered by faculty members who are unaided in the arts and science colleges where both unaided and aided streams coexist and focus on their work-life balance and productivity. Whilst aided faculty members benefit higher salaries from structured support systems, and leadership roles, unaided faculty members often are confined into assisting roles, receive minimal compensation, all the while facing excessive workloads, mainly in examination duties, this research explores the systemic unevenness in treatment and its influence on the work-life balance (WLB) and productivity of unaided faculty members. With the use of a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) approach in AMOS, the study examines the data gathered from 400 unaided faculty members in Idukki district, Kerala, and the results strives to illuminate the inportance of institutional policies as a crucial factor that influence the performance and well-being of the unaided faculty. This study also provides applicable and practical recommendations to address their needs and promote equity, and the findings have the potential to inform policy reforms in institutions those with mixed aided and unaided streams.