Job performance

Job performance relates to how an individual performs when carrying out the activities assigned to him. In this way, it is considered whether or not the person is suitable for the assigned position. It is about the effectiveness, quality and efficiency of the individual work.

Job performance, which is influenced by numerous factors, is realized when an individual is able to successfully achieve the task appointed to him/her under subject to less constraints at the work place.

Which factors influence job performance?

Some factors that affect job performance are:

• Work conditions: If an employee is in an environment of constant harassment, stress, lack of motivation, long working hours, poor hygiene, etc. it can unleash a lack of commitment to do quality work. Better working environment would cause a positive effect toward the satisfaction level of the individual and hence further influencing the job performance of the worker. There is a strong interrelation between work conditions, job satisfaction and job performance, so good work conditions lead to a positive influence on the worker's behaviours, inspiring qualities (motivation, satisfaction, ...) on them that improve their performance levels.
• Training: Some jobs require specialized knowledge and require a minimum educational level. The absence of employee training would cause poor performance and not reaching the established goals.
• Motivation: If the employees do not like the position or are not passionate about what they do, they will not perform adequately at work. Motivated individuals obtain satisfaction from work achievement and doing so, perform much better on the job and work harder.
• Organizational justice: It is the perception of fairness within an organizational. Individuals decrease their performance and work less when they are underpaid, and increase their performance and work more when they are overpaid. It also reflects the degree to which people feel that they are treated within the organization: respect, equality, consideration,...
• leadership: Transformational leaders inspire, motivate and challenge employees to perform beyond expectations by influencing and convincing them to substitute their self-interests with organizational interests.

References

• Aideed, B., Abeera, A., Mehwish, J. and Tania, H. (2020), Work conditions and job performance: An indirect conditional effect of motivation. Cogent Business & Management, volume 7, issue 1.
• Jankingthong, K. and Rurkkhum, S. (2012), Factors Affecting Job Performance: A Review of Literature. Silpakorn University Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Vol.12 (2), pp. 115-127.

Author: Zaira Bancells Guerrero, Mónica Guijarro Bernabeu, Gabriela Varela Barker