The Engagement and Working Satisfaction of Millennial Lecturers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences in Gender Identity Perspectives Despinur Dara, Anis Eliyana, Hamidah
Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic requires that lecturers work with the work from home (WFH) concept. Lecturers are still required to do distance teaching, write research and community service. This condition probably receives mixed acceptance from a gender identity perspective. For this reason, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of engagement on millennial lecturer working satisfaction from a gender identity perspective. This study is quantitative with survey research, conducted on millennial lecturers throughout Indonesia, using a total sample of 417 respondents. Data analysis used a descriptive approach and a multi-sample structural equation modelling (SEM). The results indicates that, first, the level of working satisfaction is lower than the level of engagement of millennial lecturers. Second, the effect of engagement on working satisfaction is greater in the group of female millennial lecturers compared to the group of male millennial lecturers. The implications of this study prove that there are different perspectives between male and female gender in addressing the effect of engagement on the working satisfaction of millennial lecturers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia.
Keywords: COVID, Gender Perspective, Engagement, Working Satisfaction, Millennial Lectures
