Employee Performance

Employee Performance

Introduction

In the competitive environment of today, organizations are interested in finding out what is it that leads to a superior job performance. It has been found that employee performance and job satisfaction are directly related to each other. Employee performance is a function of employee satisfaction. The higher the level of satisfaction felt by an employee for his job, the better will be his performance on job. Hence, the level of employee motivation has an impact on the employee's individual performance as well as the productivity and therefore the bottom line of the whole organization (Spector, 2006).

Effective Employee

Effective Employee is more as the professional employee. Effective Employee take the responsibility to create the kind of an environment whereby they become a source of motivation for one another; hence, the Effective Employee contribution towards the well being of oneself. Effective Employee can do so by exhibiting full potential at the job so that the boss is aware of the actual competency of the employee and utilizes him accordingly. Effective Employee looks for favourable circumstances to exhibit the knowledge, skills and abilities. Such an attitude ensures that the he gets challenge oriented work along with higher levels of responsibilities. This can in turn lead to increment in salary and recognition for performance (Judge & Thoresen, 2001).

Effective Employee ensures that they develop as well as maintain strong communication skills as managers hold great value for employees who are good in communication skills such as reading, writing, listening as well as speaking skills. Effective Employee also accepts diversity as it is the part and parcel of this globalized world. Accepting diversity increases his ability to withstand the criticism that comes across in a constructive manner. Effective Employee also values the work they are doing; doing so lead him to satisfying feeling. The most crucial of all is learning how to de-stress oneself. Effective Employee learns techniques that can quickly manage stress levels and be productive whenever it is required. Doing so will aid them in avoiding job burnout.

Ineffective Employee

Ineffective Employee is completely opposite to effective one. Their style, work and even attitude is different in all sense. Their morale and motivational level is too low that they even don't bother to compete to achieve their targets.

Other than the role of employees, it is mandatory for organizations to know how job satisfaction is created along with the sources that lead to job satisfaction, which is not seen ineffective employee. There are certain environments that induce satisfaction in employees. Training is a very important concept of employee satisfaction. This ensures that the competency level of the employees is enhanced on a continual basis. If training is not taken periodically then this badly affects the effectiveness of an employee. This improvement takes place in terms of boost in knowledge skills and abilities. Training on competency level also tells the employees that they are competent and highly employable. This also leads to higher level of satisfaction. Organization should incorporate flexible working shifts which can ...