The Influence of Personal Engagement and Time Management on Employees’ Job Performance

摘要

Job performance is a never ending research topic since many believe that it determines the sustainability of a business. In fact, there are past research findings support that organization’s success depends very much on its employees’ performance. Until now, many studieson job performance have been conducted and numerous factors were found to contribute to job performance. However, this paper aims to analyze the role of personal engagement and time management and their relationship with employees’ performance. Some previous research revealed that timemanagement and personal engagement determined employee job performance in most companies. This study was a quantitative study whereby the data was collected using a structured questionnaire. Questionnaires were distributed to selected organizations from four different sectors (manufacturing,education, hospitality and health) in the Peninsular Malaysia. There were 198 returned questionnaires but only 182 were usable. The results of this study show that there is a significant effect of personal engagement on employee performance; although the effect is quite weak. The study alsorevealed that time management has a significant effect on employee performance.