Is there a class today? A case study on the phenomenon of quiet quitting among faculties who have worked in remote/hybrid setups in select private higher education institutions around Metro Manila

• Main Authors: Cortez, Manuel Christopher M., Garcia, Tracey P., Hong, Albert G., Lorenzo, Daniella Charliz
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: College teachers—Philippines—Metro Manila—Psychology; College teachers—Job satisfaction—Philippines—Metro Manila; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_dsi/181
• Institution: De La Salle University

During the pandemic, a new phenomenological trend called quiet quitting has suddenly emerged in the corporate workplace, as well as in the academic workforce. Quiet quitting is a new growing movement that employees partake in against workplace problems. Through the Basic Psychological Needs Theory, the study aims to understand the phenomenon from the perspective of the faculties by looking into the causes, factors, methods to address, and perceptions of whether such a movement is beneficial or detrimental. Primary data were collected through interviews with 8 faculties from select private higher education institutions in Metro Manila. Results have found that the inability of the institutions to exert and attain the satisfactions of the faculties with their three psychological needs will indeed cause quiet quitting. Otherwise, these will have prevented and addressed the phenomenon. Low work engagement, job dissatisfaction, unmeaningful employee-employer relationship, and maintaining balance between work and life, are factors leading to quiet quitting. Significantly, the study discovered that motivations and the idea of purpose are critical aspects that can also influence the engagement on quiet quitting, and has provided a new lens that can be further studied upon. More so, strategies to address the phenomenon, and to enhance satisfactions were also investigated and layed out.