Job Design and Employee Performance: the Moderating Role of Employee Psychological Perception

Abstract

Job design plays a vital role in the performance maximization. A well designed job brings involvement and satisfaction to the employees and they perform well by employing all their energies in the work. Job design remained a valued issue among the researchers for its importance and effectiveness from a long time. A well designed job according to psychological perception and attitude of employees motivate them towards their tasks performance, such employees become highly productive and loyal to the organization. This study is based on the literature review to analyze the impact of job design on employee performance and a new variable is defined as “psychological perception” of employee to highlight how employees behave towards a job design. A conceptual framework has been proposed to show the construct of job design by job rotation, job enrichment and job enlargement and relationship of job design with employee performance. It has been found that psychological perception of employee has a significant positive impact on the relationship of job design and employee performance.

Keywords: Job Design, Job Rotation, Job Enrichment, Job Enlargement, Psychological Perception, Employee Performance