Role Stressors As A Determinant of Job Performance

  • Authors

    • Jessica Ong Hai Liaw
    • Ahmad Azan Ridzuan
    • Noor Azmi Mohd Zainol
    • Safar Yaacob
    • Norlaila Mazura Mohaiyadin
    • Khairunnisa Mardzuki
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.28.28484
  • Role stressor, role overload, role conflict, role ambiguity, job performance, UNIFIL peacekeeping mission

  • Abstract

    This study examines the correlation between role stressors and job performance using self-administered questionnaires gathered from 327 sample of security personnel’s covers officers and other ranks which involved in administrative and on field operation. The quantitative research has been conducted on security personnel’s who has been deployed in UNIFIL peacekeeping operation mission under United Nation mandate at a Middle Eastern Country. All the data’s collected has been analyzed by using SmartPLS version 3.0 path model analysis resulted three important findings: first, role overload was not significantly associated with job performance. Second, role conflict was significantly associated with job performance. Third, role ambiguity was not significantly associated with job performance. These results confirm that role stressor (role conflict) is vital and act as important determinant of job performance in the studied organization. Further, this study will be thoroughly offer discussion, implications and conclusion.

     

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    Ong Hai Liaw, J., Azan Ridzuan, A., Azmi Mohd Zainol, N., Yaacob, S., Mazura Mohaiyadin, N., & Mardzuki, K. (2018). Role Stressors As A Determinant of Job Performance. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4.28), 1521-1525. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.28.28484

    Received date: 2019-03-18

    Accepted date: 2019-03-18