Ranking criteria of university lecturers’ happiness index in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Xếp hạng các tiêu chí đo lường hạnh phúc của giảng viên đại học tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam

Huynh Dang Bich Vy * & Nguyen Le Hoang Thuy To Quyen

* Correspondence: Huynh Dang Bich Vy

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Ngày nhận: 04-06-2022
Ngày chỉnh sửa: 29-06-2022
Ngày chấp nhận: 06-07-2022
Ngày xuất bản: 18-10-2022
DOI: 10.58810/vhujs.8.3.2022.324
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Huynh, V. D. B., & Nguyen, Q. L. H. T. T. (2022). Ranking criteria of university lecturers’ happiness index in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Xếp hạng các tiêu chí đo lường hạnh phúc của giảng viên đại học tại Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Việt Nam. Tạp Chí Khoa học Đại học Văn Hiến 8(3), 59-72.
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Tập 8 - Số 3 (2022): Vol. 8(3)
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Psycology

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Happiness is the final goal targeted by every nation, community, and individual. It is the new pattern of economic development. However, happiness is a fuzzy concept, and much contextually depends. This study was conducted to rank the criteria of lecturers’ happiness index in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Based on the data from the in-depth interviews with 20 experts, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied. The research results show that the lecturer’s happiness measurement model consists of three levels. Level 2 includes five criteria with the priority orders as follows: 1) physical and spiritual health (50.9%), 2) employment and income (25.5%), 3) self-actualization (13.9%), 4) social networks (6.2%) and 5) family happiness (3.5%). Further ranking findings at level 3 confirm the highest share of non-material components in each factor. These findings are important for planning the key strategy to promote lecturers’ happiness to reach the goal of “happy school” in Vietnam.
Từ khóa: AHP, happiness , lecturers, Vietnam

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