A STUDY OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING JOB PERFORMANCE OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IN ISLAMABAD AND RAWALPINDI

Abstract

Universities and educators play a crucial role in the socioeconomic development of a country. The previous research has identified various factors associated with the performance of university teachers. This study aims to identify and analyse the factors affecting the performance of university teachers in public and private universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. These factors included workplace environment, reward/incentives, in-service training and workload stress. Primary data for this study was gathered through responses to a structured questionnaire which was distributed in five public and private universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The data was examined and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics including correlation and regression analysis. The results of this study show that workplace environment, reward/incentives, in-service training have a positive relationship with job performance of university teachers whereas workload stress has a negative relationship with dependent variable i.e., job performance. The present study is valuable for policy makers, university administration and teachers to help formulate policies which help university teachers to improve their performance.