Procrastination and Job Performance of Employees Working in Public and Private Sector Organizations
Abstract
Temporal motivation theory and job resource demand model are widely applied framework to understand procrastination and Job performance of employees in organizational settings. The endeavor of the current research is to understand the moderating role of employee job sector (Public/Private) among procrastination and job performance. Job performance has several determinants where procrastination is one of the factors affecting job performance (Schmitt & Hunter,2004).Purposive sampling technique was applied based on cross sectional approach. Tuckman’s procrastination scale (TPS; Tuckman, 1991) and job performance scale (JPS; Wright, Kacmar, Mcmahan & Deleeuw, 1995) were used on the sample of 400 employees working in public and private organizations. The correlation as well as moderation analysis were carried out to investigate the study data. Findings demonstrate the relationship of procrastination and job performance whereas job sector is performing moderating role among study variables. The results support the temporal motivation and job demand resource model
Authors
Dr. Zafar Ahmad
Lecturer, Department of Applied Psychology, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
Naureen Munir
Lecturer, Department of Applied Psychology, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr. Munawar Hussain
Assistant Professor, Area Study Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Keywords
Job Performance, Procrastination, Public and Private Sector