Effect of Job Organization on Job Performance among Operating Staffs in Manufacturing Companies

Seyed Mehdi Mousavi Davoudi, Meysam Allahyari

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Faculty of Management, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/ajibm.2013.32018                

Abstract

The current study was conducted in Mazandaran, a northern province of Iran, and aimed to analyze the effect of job organization on job performance of 1000 operating staffs in 50 manufacturing companies. According to Krejcie & Morgan table [1], the minimum number of sample size was determined as 278 people. A total of 333 questionnaires were distributed among respondents and 284 usable questionnaires were returned. The research method used for this study is descriptive-correlation. Further, the analysis was carried out utilizing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) methodology by LISREL 8.8 software. The factors analysis and the findings show that job organization has a significant positive influence on job performance. Further, a number of suggestions on managerial implementation were proposed.

Keywords

Job Organization; Job Performance; Manufacturing Companies; Operating Staffs

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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