Author(s): Sushanta Kumar Mishra, Namita Rath and Rushil Varma
A survey was conducted to capture the antecedents of the performance of Higher Educational Institutions in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Ganjam, Puri and Sambalpur in the Odisha state of India. 436 faculty members from 55 higher educational institutions were contacted to elicit survey data on three exogenous variables namely, managerial support, faculty motivation, faculty engagement and the exogenous variable HEI performance. Data from the paper-based questionnaire survey was analyzed to evaluate direct and indirect causal relationships using SmartPLS 4.0 software. Management support (β=0.459, p=0.000) and faculty motivation (β=0.196, p=0.000) had a direct and significant effect on Faculty engagement. Management Support (β=0.288, p=0.000), Faculty motivation (β=0.124, p=0.000) and faculty engagement (β=0.543, p=0.000) had a direct and significant effect on the performance of the HEIs. The high impact of faculty motivation was aided by the indirect effects of faculty motivation and management support on the performance of HEIs through faculty engagement.