scholarly journals Impact of Informal Groups on Organisational Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Cross Ogohi Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Construction Firms ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Group Interest ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Informal Groups

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of informal groups on organizational performance. Informal groups are a very powerful social network which are constructed in response to and through actions of their members, informal groupings when viewed on the degree of their being informal, creates a managerial burden informally for managers who require additional competences to manage their activities. Informal groups exist to achieve group interest which may not necessarily be in tandem with the overall goals of the organization. The aim of this study is to identify why employees engage in informal groups. A survey research design was adopted and copies of questionnaire were administered on 319 employees of the selected construction companies, using disproportionate stratified sampling technique. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation. The questionnaire was validated using content validity. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by determining the correlation coefficient of the data collected at two different periods. The study discovered informal groups has a significant effect on employee performance, there is a significant relationship between informal groups and their characteristics, there is a significant relationship between informal groups and self-confidence in Nigerian construction firms and Informal groups has significant influence on organizational performance in Nigeria

scholarly journals Impact of Employee Engagement on Performance at A Pump Supplier

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Stephen Bale ◽  
Alan Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
The Impact

<em>The study aimed to investigate the impact of employee engagement on performance at a South African pump supplier. The research adopted a qualitative study and a non-probability purposeful sampling technique with a target population of ten employees at the company. It examined the factors that contributed to the development of employees’ engagement and the effect of engagement on employee performance. The research instrument used interview and was analyzed qualitatively. Key findings revealed that the employees at the company are disengaged due to ineffective leadership, poor communication between management and employees, lack of a recognition system, inadequate employee participation in decision-making, and an absence of a strategic and coordinated approach to the employees’ well-being. Recommendations were that the organization should allow its workforce to provide input in the decision-making of the organization, improve effective and transparent internal communication, employee development and empowerment, and an effective recognition system. Leaders should support the effective utilization of employee skills and capabilities. The study showed that there is a relationship between employee engagement and performance due to the lack of employee engagement that lowered employee capability and affected the organization's bottom line. Designing and implementing an effective employee engagement strategy is, therefore, desirable to the employee and organizational performance.</em>

scholarly journals Impact of Capacity Building and Managerial Support on Employees’ Performance: The Moderating Role of Employees’ Retention

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401985995
Author(s):  
Muhammad Wassem ◽  
Sajjad Ahmad Baig ◽  
Muhammad Abrar ◽  
Muhammad Hashim ◽  
Muhammad Zia-Ur-Rehman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Employee Retention ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Managerial Support ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of capacity building and managers’ support on employee performance in the textile industry. Moreover, this article also investigates the moderating effect exerted by employee retention on the effects of capacity building and managers’ support on employee performance. Data were collected through a convenience sampling technique. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted for data collection. Two hundred copies of questionnaires were distributed, and data were collected from the lower to middle-level employees who are working in the textile sector of Pakistan. SPSS 23 and SmartPLS-3 software were used for analysis. The results indicate that capacity building has a positive and significant impact on employee performance. In contrast, managerial support has an insignificant impact on employees’ performance. However, the impact of capacity building and managerial support on employee performance is positive and significantly moderated by employee retention. The results of this study will motivate owners/policymakers to invest in capacity building to enhance their organizational performance/productivity.

scholarly journals “Impact of Training on Employees Performance” (Evidence from Pharmaceutical Companies in Karachi, Pakistan)

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uzma Hafeez ◽  
Waqar Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
The Impact

Employees are major assets of every organization. The accomplishment of the industry depends on its employee performance. Therefore, upper management knows the significance of expense in training for the advantage of improving employee performance and also places them to get the challenges of the today’s competitive business environment. This research also aims to see the “Impact of Training on Employee Performance in Pharmaceutical Industry in Karachi Pakistan”, in which Training consider as independent whereas dependent variable ‘Employee Performance‘ having its Performance areas i.e.; demonstrating team work, communication skill, customer service, interpersonal relationship and reduced absenteeism and its Developments areas i.e.; job-satisfaction, employee motivation, new technologies, efficiencies in process and innovation in strategies as its levers. The paper presents a concise summary of the literature on the value of training in improving the performance of the employees. Four pharmaceutical companies are selected. A survey of 356 employees via self administrated questionnaire with the help of random sampling technique is conducted with the response rate of 96%. Two sets of hypothesis are developed which relate directly to the research questions. SPSS 19 is used to perform reliability, descriptive, correlation and regression analysis. The analysis shows a positive significant relationship between them and the results reveal that the more the employee gets training, the more efficient their level of performance would be. The last section of the paper concludes along with recommendation to give guidelines for future research.

scholarly journals The Influence of Leadership Style, Competency and Compensation on Employee Performance and Its Impact on Organizational Performance in Kementerian Pertanian

FOCUS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-42
Author(s):  
Sugito Efendi ◽  
Suwardi Suwardi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to analyze the influence of leadership style, competence, compensation on employee performance and the impact on organizational performance on the employees of the Directorate General of Agricultural Infrastructure and Facilities. This study used a survey method by distributing questionnaires to employees of the Directorate General of Agricultural Infrastructure and Facilities. As the respondent. This research method uses quantitative methods with technical analysis of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the AMOS version 22 application. The research sample used in this study were 158 respondents. The results showed that leadership style, competence and compensation directly had a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Leadership style, competence and compensation directly have a positive and significant effect on organizational performance. Leadership style, competence and compensation indirectly have a positive and significant effect on organizational performance through employee performance.

scholarly journals Organizational Learning and Motivation: Assessing the impact on Employee Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puja Sareen ◽  
Parikshit Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Hygiene Factors ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

<em>Organizational learning has the potential to improve organizational performance. For any organization to sustain long term benefits it requires to establish a mechanism to tap the knowledge and use this knowledge in taking future decisions. This study tries to capture the role of Organizational Learning and Employee Motivation and its impact on the Employees’ Performance. The study is exploratory and descriptive in nature. The questionnaire used for primary data collection has its items collected and derived from various standardized questionnaires available. The analysis of the primary data shows that there is a positive correlation between Organizational Learning and Organizational Performance. On understanding Herzberg theory of motivation the study came to conclusion that employees consider hygiene factors of motivation more significant than the motivator factors. The motivation level of employees in an organization has positive impact on the overall performance of any organization. The study helps the organizations to understand the relationship between learning and performance considering motivation as a mediating variable. </em>

scholarly journals Impact of labour turnover on organizational effectiveness in selected industries in Lagos State, Nigeria

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
D. I. Akintayo
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Effectiveness ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Labour Turnover

This study investigated the impact of labour turnover on organizational effectiveness in selected industries in Lagos State, Nigeria. This was with the view to determining the appropriate management strategies through which the problem of labour turnover could be reduced to the nearest minimum in work organizations in Nigeria. The survey research method was adopted for the study. A total of 640 respondents were selected for the study using proportionate stratified sampling technique. The major instruments used for the study were questionnaire and interview schedule. The reliability coefficient of 0.84 was obtained for the research instrument. The four hypotheses generated for the study were tested using chi-square and linear regression analysis statistical methods at 0.05 alpha levels. The findings of the study reveals that there was a significant relationship between labour turnover and organizational effectiveness. Also, a significant relationship was found dissatisfaction and labour turnover. There was a main effect of interaction of occupational variables and labour turnover on organizational effectiveness. Finally, a positive significant relationship was found among career mobility, labour turnover and organizational effectiveness. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that the working environment of the workers need to be improved upon in order to reduce the alarming rate of labour turnover that impact organizational effectiveness. Also, career development and promotion opportunities have become a rare phenomenon in most of the organisations, individuals who feel their contributions go unrewarded often feel undervalued which can lead to dissatisfaction and virtually an increase of unwarranted turnover. p>

scholarly journals To Understand the Team Cohesiveness, Teamwork Quality and Team Performance in Employee Performance in University

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S9) ◽  
pp. 853-858
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Organization Performance ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Team Cohesiveness ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research is to seek and identify the impact teamwork has on organizational performance. The research to understand the teamwork quality, team cohesiveness and team performance in employee performance, identify the positive or negative effects of teamwork on employees and to examine the impact of teamwork on organization performance. Therefore, it is to determine how teamwork could effect and improve University employee’s performance within the organization. In fact, it is also to understand on how methods like teamwork quality, team cohesiveness, and teamwork performance have could be used to have positive effects in employee overall performance. The research study used correlation techniques in order to analyze the relationship between two variables that was Teamwork and Organization Performance. In many of the journals and article that was collected, there was clear evidence that teamwork and other measures of team performance are positively related with organization performance. The study of the research shown that there was a significant positive impact of teamwork on organizational performance and employee’s overall performance.

scholarly journals Occupational Stress and its Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence among Employees in Non-Government Organisations in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Sunbul Naeem Cheema ◽  
Muhammad Naeem Sadiq Cheema ◽  
Nazia Parveen Gill
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Resource Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: Output of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) mostly depends upon efficiency and performance in completing different projects. NGOs in Pakistan operate in diverse fields including health, education, women empowerment etc. The job of the NGOs tends to be stressful due to security issues, psychological strains, organizational structures, and various roles of the employees. This study investigated and explored outcomes of occupational stress in the form of employee engagement at work; furthermore, the research investigated that how emotional intelligence intervenes the impact of occupational stress and employee engagement, as being the mediator. The conservation of resource theory (COR) is applied to explore the relationship of occupational stress and its outcomes in non government organizations of Pakistan. Methodology/Design/Approach: Data was collected from 346 employees (middle level) of NGOs. Stratified sampling technique was used to collect the data. The study makes use of quantitative analytics to test the hypothesis. A positivist approach was adopted for the study as it follows a well-defined structure for the topic under study. Correlation, Regression and sobel’s test for mediation analysis was used in the research to study the relation among the variables. Findings: The study finds the effect of occupational stress on engagement of employees in NGOs and this relationship is mediated by four constructs (relationship management, social management, self-awareness and self-management) of Emotional intelligence. The study concludes that more the level of occupational stress, lower the engagement of employees. This study also finds that relationship between occupational stress and reduced employee engagement is lowered in employees having high level of emotional intelligence. Results also found to be consistent with conservation of resource theory. Limitations/Future Research: The current study is limited to the middle level management; future research can be further extended to all levels in the organization. Employee engagement as a single outcome off occupational stress is analyzed other outcomes may be explored in future researches. Implications: This study contributes to the literature of occupational stress and its outcome in the shape of engagement with an individuality of how emotional intelligence mediates this relationship. The study supports the results of the growing scholarly work on the phenomenon. Practical implications: This research provides insight for organizations, management and for individuals to incorporate emotional intelligence effectively to deal with the stress without being depleted. Additionally, recommendations are provided for the NGOs to enhance the organizational performance through employee engagement and emotional intelligence. Originality/Value: This research explored and analyzed relationship of occupational stress and engagement and emotional intelligence in a different dimension. Further the non-governmental organization remains largely unexplored in this area.

scholarly journals Peranan Olahraga Beladiri Militer Yongmoodo terhadap Kepercayaan Diri Anggota TNI-AD

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Sandi Dwi Triono
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to determine whether the impact of Yongmoodo military martial sports on the self-confidence of TNI-AD members. The method used is the ex post facto method which is a research method used to solve or answer the problems faced in the current situation. The population in this study were members of the Indonesian Armed Forces in the Army Pangalengan. The sample used amounted to 27 people selected through simple random sampling technique. The instrument used was in the form of a questionnaire with the number of questions used 35 questions with instrument reliability 0.893. The results of the test of significance level indicate that the value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0,000 smaller than <0.05, which means that there is a significant influence of Yongmoodo martial arts on the confidence of members of the Army. The results of processing the confidence percentage data were 91.78%, with sub-variables of confidence in self-ability 92.59%, optimistic 82.96%, objective 90.33%, and responsible 91.85%, rational and realistic 89, 38%. The conclusion of this study is that there is a significant influence on the yongmoodo military martial arts against the confidence of members of the TNI-AD SECATA, Pangalengan.

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