An Empirical Investigation of the Higher Educational Institutions’ Attractiveness as an Employer

Abstract

In this competitive global market, where organisations struggle to attract the best talent, providing a unique employer value proposition (EVP), educational sector does not lag behind other sectors. In this study, the researchers tried to identify the dimensions of employer brand attractiveness among higher educational institutions’ potential faculty members. Furthermore, this study compares higher educational institutions’ attractiveness dimensions as employers among potential faculty members based on gender. A sample of 250 potential faculty members of higher educational institutions has been drawn from the national capital region (NCR), India. Confirmatory factor analysis and independent-sample t-test has been used to attain the objectives of the study. The study highlighted that economic value, social value, developmental value, interest value and application value significantly contribute to higher educational intuitions’ employer attractiveness. Furthermore, the independent sample t-test showed a significant difference among male and female potential employees of higher education institutions based on application value. The remaining dimensions, namely economic, social, developmental and interest, do not significantly differ. The study will help the management of higher educational institutions frame their unique EVP to attract quality academic talent.