Reconceptualizing faculty workload as a measure of human resource motivation and performance in higher education

This paper explores faculty workload as a measuring indicator that doubles as a motivator input and an output gauge of performance in higher education management. A desk-based methodology was applied. It was found that a number of studies support the use of faculty workload as a motivator and a measure of performance in higher education. It also noted that the use of faculty workload as a motivator; and measure of performance is faced with controversies typically emanating from the inability to determine the role of the variable in studies involving the use of it. © 2022 The Authors