Impact of Job Satisfaction on Performance in Academia

This report presents a research study investigating the impact of job satisfaction on job performance among temporary academic staff in Sri Lanka, specifically at the University of Kelaniya. The study examines the problem statement, research objectives, methodology, and limitations. It explores factors influencing employee satisfaction and job performance, including communication, work environment, and compensation. The research employs a mixed-method approach, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, including questionnaires administered to a sample of 250 temporary academic staff. The report aims to identify the level of employee satisfaction, factors affecting it, and their correlation with job performance, contributing to a better understanding of the dynamics within the academic sector and offering insights for organizational improvements. The report outlines the sampling procedure, data collection methods, and the conceptual framework used, along with the analytical methodologies applied to analyze the data collected. The study's findings are expected to provide valuable insights into the relationship between job satisfaction and performance in the context of Sri Lankan academia.

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Name of the Student
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Author Note

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Chapter One
Introduction
Job satisfaction is known for being one of the most crucial part of the human resource
management that is a burning topic in the present date. Job satisfaction is known for saying that
the fabulous or a fabulousness of the employees are most important part in the job. The nature of
the environment of a person is very important as because it is important to the life like a general
Life satisfaction. Job satisfaction and employee performance is also recognized and in the job
performance of the employee in their workplace. What is the work production of the employee is
known for increasing in the recent years due to the change in the work environment as well as
standard of living organizations are trying there is best in improving the job satisfaction and job
performance of their employees in order to increase the overall organizational performance. In
this chapter 12 searchable try to define the problem statement, formulate the research objectives
as well as the methodology of the research and identify the limitations of the study.
1.1 Background of the research
Regarding the background of research it can be said that the study has been produced by
Uddin and team which showed the inspiration of communication between the employees and the
company, learning the environment needs of the employee, providing mental satisfaction
regarding the job to the supervisors and evaluating the system they play in the company. the
results of the study has been provided by team of Chimanikire who has started a greater portion
of academic started which was not job in the companies. Most important reason for this
satisfaction included high volume of work, allowances, the loans which were provided to the
facilities as well as the inadequate salary is provided to the employees.

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According to the author Halim it can be said that the study is known for indicating six
factors in the workplace environment such as the environment, organizational structure,
knowledge skills rewards and the attitude of primary employees are known for getting improved
or influenced from the employee performance. Another study which has been provided by boon
and the team is known for assessing the five factors which are known for influencing the job
performance of the working adults that include the income statement of the employee, rewards
and incentives received, the environment in which their working, work-family factors and as
well as personality.
Ankara and Juma has also found out that the positive relationship between the temporary
employment as well as the employee performance is vast. Employees are known for getting up
temporary employment as an alternative in lack of permanent employments does they get the
hope of gaining permanent employee in longer-term organizations. it has also been found out
that the autonomy as well as in sensing the employees in order to promote the employability
through the process of coaching and work autonomy is enhancing the employment continuity
through contract renewal. Process of giving the employees are temporary job security as well as
enhanced performance is known for increasing the overall performance of the employee in the
company. The results from the release which was initiated from Shaju and Subhashini shows that
the exists of positive employees as well as positive correlation between the dimension of job
satisfaction and performance in employee is both important while working in automobile
industries in India.
1.2 Importance of the study
Although there are various types of theories and empirical researches on job satisfaction
in different sectors of the world it has been found out that the important aspect of job satisfaction

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is dependent upon the purpose of employees. So it is very important to identify the impact of job
satisfaction of job in performance of temporary academy staff in the Sri Lankan context.
1.3 Problem statement
Regarding the problem statement of the research work it can be said that most of the
organizations are in a strong intention of hiring as well as retaining the most suitable employees
in their company. In order to realize this purpose of performance evaluation it has become a very
strong as well as important point for the employees and the employers to evaluate the recruiting
process in the best possible manner. Evaluating the employees as well as their performance in
professional and social aspect their behavior real features are also taken accountant on. On the
other hand the employees are also expected of providing the job for the performance in the
company in their best way so that they can create a good impact out of them. Is research will try
to identify the impact on job satisfaction and dimension on job performance of the temporary
employees working in the academic field of Sri Lanka. It will also investigate the relationship
between the dimension of job performance and job satisfaction of the respondents as well as
cross check whether the former influences r letter positive or negative in the long run.
1.4 Objectives of the study
Main objective of the study is to find out the impact of job satisfaction on job performance in the
temporary working field of Sri Lanka. You are done specific objectives of research work are.
 Finding the level of employee satisfaction in the temporary academic staff of Sri Lanka
 identifying the factors which are affecting the employee satisfaction in the particular country
 finding out the level of job performance in the temporary academic proposition of the country
 Identify the factors affecting the job performance in the temporary academic staff in Sri Lanka.
1.5 Research questions

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This study has been conducted with a view finding out of the answers from the following
questions.
 Is there any impact of job satisfaction on the job performance of temporary academic
employees in Sri Lanka?
 what is the level of employee satisfaction in the temporary academic staff of the country?
 what are the factors affecting the employee satisfaction level in the temporary academic staff in
country?
 what are the factors affecting job performance in the temporary academy staff in Sri Lanka?
1.6 Limitations of the study
Represent the entire population as a simple lack of cost and time constraints it can be said
that there were many factors that has been identified during the literature review of the paper.
Few of the factors which has been find out are known for affecting the job satisfaction as well as
age of performance are not considered with other factors that are affecting the job satisfaction on
job performance. Since the selected organization is a government educational body it did not
represent the characteristics of a private sector organization. In order to view the research paper
it can be said that it has in known for conducting and accurate generalization that required to
carry out most of the researchers and finding solutions with similar organizational issues within
the private sector.
1.7 Methodology
The research has been known for using a mixed method or a research framework with a
pragmatic world view. In the mix method of the researchers are known for investigating with a
multifaceted phenomenon, address more complicated questions which has taken the broader
range of issues but by combining inductive and deductive topics. many experts has also claim
that pragmatic view in more appropriate then the mixed method of research it is in the way that

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has been known for providing 1 in interest to the precise result of the social members working in
the research team. Therefore it has not ruled in order to study one philosophy and one research
that has been conducted both on qualitative and quantitative measures without any constraints.
also from the research finding it has been found out that the methods where mostly realistic and
useful for the real world scenario.
1.7.1 Sampling procedure
The study has provided various types of selected temporary academic stars of the University of
Kelania as because the study population became one of the most unique University presenting
the number of academic disciplines. There are more than 482 number of temporary academic
stars present in University of Kelaniya. amount those 482 members the junior academy in today
for the study that accounted for 250 of them using the satisfied sampling technique.
Mathematical it can be said that 51.8 7 proportion of the selected employees justified in the sense
of time and cost limitations.
1.7.1.1 Study case: University of Kelaniya
This study was established in the year 1959 in the university that is known for being one
of the biggest non-profit public higher education institution that is located in the sub urban
setting of large town of Kelaniya. University is officially accredited as well as recognized by one
of the most important University in Sri Lanka. University of Kelaniya. is a large enrollment that
consists of more than 10 lakh to 14 lakh 999 students in it who are falling under the
coeducational higher education system for the country. The University of Kelaniya. also has a
model and multicultural structure and a perspective of various days of faculty members including
the science, medicine, social science and commerce.

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1.7.2 Data collecting method
Regarding the data collection method it can be said that the researchers used for primary
data collection and secondary data collection in the research purpose. The primary data
collection will be made for getting ads collection through a questionnaire section that has three
main parts. 250 question answer will be distributed to the student’s employees and waited for
their expected maximum response. A question was developed based on the measurement in order
to find solution used here that comprises of three parts in a demographic, social graphics section.
The question is used to collect the data is attached in the appendix .
1.7.3 Conceptual Framework
In the view of the literature review which was initiated in chapter 2 it has been observed
that the previous researchers have been identified various factors affecting the job satisfaction as
well as job performance in the country. The researchers selected five major factors that affecting
the job satisfaction and four factors affecting performance of the employees ok in the country.
According to the conceptual framework of the research would be developed as follows.
Source: author construction
1.7.4 Analyzing methodology
The process is not forgetting the number of methods and techniques which were used to
measure the aspects such as reliability, frequency, descriptive, correlation, regression and etc. the
reliability of the data that has been measured with the Cranach’s alpha calculation consider
various types of binary correlation method that were used in to ascertain the correlation between

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the variables. The date of mini analyzed using Microsoft office Excel and IBM SPSS version 21
software.
1.8 Summary of chapter one
Injector 1 it has been provided in the introduction part that the researchers when defining
the problem statement, formulating the research objectives as well as methodology of the
research and has identified the limitation of the study. The next chapter will physically focus in
discussion the existing empirical literature on the topic and also provide theoretical background
on this topic.
Chapter Two
Critical review of Literature
In this specific chapter the researchers will be sensor sail examining various types of your
future initiated by other authors in the diverse literature reading. Interview of achieving the result
objectives the paper has funded a proper answer for the research problem and also has detailed a
literature review carried out by researchers in the theoretical literature performance. Theoretical
literature is fully based on various types of theories life path 10 in the research topic empirical
view of the research that is based on the findings. Furthermore it has been thematically design in
as well as develop in literature used by most of the researchers placed in the study.
2.1 Job Satisfaction
Divorce job satisfaction can be defined as the degree of feeling that the employee is
particularly thinking regarding job in a constructive matter. The individuals at their early stages
of employment are known for usually getting a law satisfaction due to fulfill expectations from
the company. But later on those employees are known for experience in a high job satisfaction as

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because they have spent most of the time in their company meeting their expectations. The
employees when advanced in their careers as gain various types of maturity and work experience
that has led them to be more realistic in terms of expectation out of job service.
Job satisfaction can be defined as measured as one of the most important factor in the job.is the
extent to which the employees are known for likely working with organization or will be leaving
the organization in the long term. An attitude based on employee perception might be both a
positive outcome and a negative outcomes in the environment. The job satisfaction has been
nominated by the person’s environment regardless of the theoretical approach and study initiated
by the author in the big paper. The environmental factors are known for characterizing the job
satisfaction and individual attributions which has left those things to carry forward by the
employee the long of company’s existence. Spider-Man star 2013 had done a research work on
the aim of identifying and assessing the significance of individual factors which influencing the
satisfaction and the satisfaction of employees in the long run. The research that aims to
demonstrate their work impact in the place of work culture and overall job satisfaction there are
many statistically significant combinations forced to select research paper. There are various
types of definition of job satisfaction found in the literature but among them the most cited
definition of job satisfaction has been defined by locker 1976 has defined to be one of the most
important or positive pleasurable and emotional outcome of the employee the result of appraisal
sa-1 good or best job experience. The appraisal is known for getting AIDS involvement through
various types of element like the perspective the instrument aspect off the job called as well as
the employees of the company. The typical or cross company known for finding out the best in
their place. There are also more important reason why the relationship building and mental
wellbeing of an employee is more important than the visual they have been performed in the

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organization. It can also said that temporary work is known for impacting the wellbeing of
different contacts of ice in the general framework of employee motivation and motivation
relationship manager.
According to background and Greenberg in the workers viewpoint are superiors as fair it
can be competent and sincere to just because of the level of job satisfaction which has been
found hay binary search for. For the mall 208 the employees who were persistent and share with
their job work but not selfish therefore there has experienced mostly I high level of job
satisfaction. In the survey which was conducted by 2 in the trade wing corporation companies in
klang valley made a positive relationship between job satisfaction components and performance
satisfaction components. The job satisfaction components where mainly including the work itself
promotional activities, supervision and co-workers expect on the pay employee job performance.
2.2 Job Performance
According to the author Murphy 1989 job performance has been defined as one of the set
of behavior that are relevant to the job organization while on the other hand it is a rhombus in
which is known for meeting the expectation of the employee. Different research work which was
initiated by the authors created a lodge of performance in the individual play role. Most of the
researchers that has been used in the term performance has been known for expressing the rape
of the court in order to perform the best output efficiency in terms of market production and
employment duration and function. However the individual job performance if not suitable and
structured over the time. Studies have shown that the performance of an individual is known for
changing upon time with spend time record of the company till the present year. The employee
motivation is one of the most essential part in job satisfaction of the employees it is also one of
the most important element and employee success and eventually the organization will be able to

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meet that target at sets of organization. Dimple motivation is known for being one of the most
important social factors in working with other employees with same organization.
Employee motivation is very essential as well as one of the most important element for achieving
success by the employees in the organizations urgent objectives and AIMS assessed by the
company. Are you sure as well as early at conducted a study based on a literature review of
evaluating the knowledge state that was consistent with the voice of employees, the condition
through which they worked in their health and safety organization creating a positive
development in the SME. It has also been establishing on all the most important of positive
relationship through managerial path because it is known for getting a pixels in between the two
deliverables found in the school employees.
Study has also recommended that the school code strive to put a place on effective task
identification, feedback result on autonomy to enhance the performance of the teachers and
world through a return of improvement in the overall performance methodology. Achieving
itching and over all the also carried out and intended study to find whether job satisfaction
getting its design from the performance bunkers in the employers satisfaction level of the
country. It is also will find out that the increase in one outs written on the existent literature
impacting the country with stress and major factors. It has been correspondingly find out from
another comprehensive research which were initiated by western in the year 1994 that different
perspective of human burned-out exposure such as physical and psychological characteristics
and non for depending on the performance and individual thinking process of the employee. The
burn out was watched by an employee and order to harmful involve is her between level to the
employee on the other hand past the employee job satisfaction and demand services of
employability and also decreasing the motivation of the employee in the first place. Some

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organization might require achievement of certain work available for certain level of capacity
from the employees but there are most organizations who are happy with their upper
management because the upper management is totally over the factors which are influencing the
company to promote a suitable work culture with a mixture of diversity management and
multiculturalism in the environment. Furthermore job stress has been identified generally as a
social issue that h is known for making the employee unhappy due to the factors affecting the
upper management decision of the company.
2.3 Temporary Academic Employees
The academic workforce is known for playing a significant role in determining the
success of the vision as well as mission of the university. Spin supported by Bentley at all 2013
who had agreed to cover the good academic workplace diversity by the University to proceed
with the success. Unemployment situation has found out that it is very crucial for an organization
to satisfy the needs and support the increase in number of academic staff in a University so that
employees can deliver their best service for the university. It is also true because the success of
and University is known for relying on the academic workforce of the employees. And
employment situation has analyses where the employee is known for getting an accepted return
from the remaining position of certain period. The temporary employees have been given a
greater opportunity to achieve the permanent employment status after a long time period that has
lapsed. In the current competition where there is a strict rule of maintaining the overall goal of
the company in regard to the pros and cons achieved by the company it has been found out that
contract basis employees are more known for having a technical knowledge regarding the work
there performing in the play for a longer run. Using this cost reduction even the manager can