Mediating Role of Employee Engagement Between Perceived Organizational Support and Job Performance

Abstract

The study was conducted to check the effect of perceived organization support on job performance, a mediating role of employee engagement. The study was carried out in the higher education sector of Pakistan. The study has used quantitative approach for the whole research processes. The faculty working in the University of Peshawar was taken into the unit of analysis and data collection. By using the sampling method of Krejice & Morgan (1970), 252 faculty members were included for the data collection. Closed ended questionnaire was used for the data collection. Prior permission was taken before meeting the faculty member and questionnaire was delivered them in the meeting after discussing the objectives. The filled questionnaires were taken back after some times. The results of reliability statistics recommended that the variables were reliable for the data collection. The regression result confirms that perceived organization support has significant effect on the job performance and employee engagement has significant mediating role between the perceived organization support and job performance.