THE IMPACT OF JOB SATISFACTION, EMPLOYEE TRAINING & LEADERSHIP STYLE ON PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the impact Job Satisfaction (JS), Employee Training (ET) and Leadership Style (LS) on Employee Performance (EP) of faculty in private universities ofKarachi, Pakistan. Methodology & Design: A questionnaire was designed to collect data from 358 faculty members of private universities in Karachi. Respondents answered questions regarding their job satisfaction, training, leadership style and performance. Data was analyzed using SPSS on the basis on regression and correlation test. Findings — From the results obtained, it was found that employees who are satisfied with their job tend to be more productive than those that aren’t. Also, employee training has a significant positive impact on performance of employees. Lastly, effective leadership enhances employee performance significantly Limitations — This research followed s a cross sectional approach hence we cannot make a definite conclusive remark on causal relationship between dependent and independent variables. Also, our study was focused only on private sector universities of Karachi, so the results ofthis study cannot be generalized for other public sector universities of Karachi and other cities of. Lastly, this research presents a very general idea of each of the three variables. Nevertheless, future researches can examine these multi-faceted variable separately and independently to study its effects on employee performance Recommendations - Based on the results, we recommend that universities should plan and implement strategies that would improve the job satisfaction among lecturers. We further suggest that management should invest in providing training programs for the lecturers to their skills and expertise in delivering content & lastly, we suggested that improve universities’ management should have the capability to lead the employees in a way they feel involved and inspired to perform better