Influence of Employee Competency, Organizational Culture and Job Satisfaction on Employee Performance in Private Companies in Bangkok
Keywords:
Employee competency, Organizational culture, Job satisfaction, Employee performanceAbstract
This research aimed to study the factors affecting employee performance in private companies in Bangkok. Specifically, it investigated 1) employee competency, organizational culture, and job satisfaction as key factors that can affect employee performance; 2) the concepts and theories related to employee competency, organizational culture, job satisfaction, and employee performance; and 3) the influence and interplay of employee competency, organizational culture, and job satisfaction on employee performance and on each other. The research sample consisted of 300 employees from private companies in Bangkok. The research instrument was a questionnaire, and data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling techniques. The findings revealed that the structural equation model was consistent with the empirical data, with the goodness-of-fit indices for both models being at an acceptable level, indicating the high quality of the model. The results showed that employee competency had a positive effect on organizational culture, with an influence size of 0.297, which was statistically significant at the 0.001 level. Employee competency also positively affected job satisfaction, with an influence size of 0.190, which was statistically significant at the 0.001 level. Organizational culture positively affected employee performance, with an influence size of 0.746, which was statistically significant at the 0.001 level. Finally, job satisfaction had a positive effect on employee performance, with an influence size of 0.196, which was statistically significant at the 0.001 level.
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