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Moonlighting - Balancing the Dynamics of Services Sector
Subject area: Management and Commerce · Area of research: Human Resource Management
Abstract
The paper is aimed at understanding the concept of moonlighting in the Indian setting. Moonlighting refers to taking up an additional source of employment apart from the primary one. It is a situation when an employee has taken up multiple engagements at a time. The focus has been specified to service sector, where two areas of operations of have been critically examined. The first is the education, where the current position of moonlighting practice has been observed through school teachers, university teachers and scholars who take up additional classes. The second is the area of healthcare where doctors and health practitioners who take up extra commitments beyond their primary one are analyzed. Further, the legal and ethical framework behind the practice is analyzed through establishment acts; Factories Act etc to check the legality of dual employment. Moving ahead with the paper, certain challenges that contribute to the practice and come along with moonlighting are observed from the point of view of moonlighting employees. The theoretical study is concluded through suggesting measures to uplift the position of moonlighters in the sector to create proper balance in the organisation and maintain harmonious relationship between the employer and the employees.
Keywords
Moonlighting, Dual Employment, Service Sector, Job Satisfaction, Employee Loyalty.
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How to cite this paper
@article{1705826,
author = {Vaishnavi Sharma , Prof. R. P. Singh},
title = {Moonlighting - Balancing the Dynamics of Services Sector},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2024},
volume = {7},
number = {11},
pages = {392-398},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1705826.pdf},
abstract = {The paper is aimed at understanding the concept of moonlighting in the Indian setting. Moonlighting refers to taking up an additional source of employment apart from the primary one. It is a situation when an employee has taken up multiple engagements at a time. The focus has been specified to service sector, where two areas of operations of have been critically examined. The first is the education, where the current position of moonlighting practice has been observed through school teachers, university teachers and scholars who take up additional classes. The second is the area of healthcare where doctors and health practitioners who take up extra commitments beyond their primary one are analyzed. Further, the legal and ethical framework behind the practice is analyzed through establishment acts; Factories Act etc to check the legality of dual employment. Moving ahead with the paper, certain challenges that contribute to the practice and come along with moonlighting are observed from the point of view of moonlighting employees. The theoretical study is concluded through suggesting measures to uplift the position of moonlighters in the sector to create proper balance in the organisation and maintain harmonious relationship between the employer and the employees.},
keywords = {Moonlighting, Dual Employment, Service Sector, Job Satisfaction, Employee Loyalty.},
month = {May},
}