Perceived employee-organization congruence and job performance: A study of machine operators in Sri Lankan apparel sector Perera G. D. N.*, Prof. Dr. Khatibi Ali**, Dr. Navarathna N.*** *Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, Department of HRM, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. **Dean, Faculty of Business Management & Professional Studies, Management and Science University, Malaysia. ***Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Management and Finance, Department of HRM, University of Colombo. Online published on 24 January, 2013. Abstract This
study was conducted to measure the impact of perceived
employee–organization congruence (PEOC) on job performance of machine
operators in Sri Lankan apparel sector. It was previously reported that
PEOC to have a significant impact on job performance of employees in
various business sector. In view of the importance of the apparel sector
in the economic development of Sri Lanka, hence the focus of this study
is to discover whether similar impact exist among the machine operators
of the Sri Lankan apparel sector. A quantitative method was employed
and data were collected using structured questionnaire in the five
garment factories. Simple random sampling was applied to select a
representative sample. There were 175 questionnaires distributed and 160
returned questionnaires were deemed usable for further analysis
resulted in 91% response rate. It was found that the measurement scales
met the acceptable standards of validity and reliability analyses.
Correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to test the
research hypothesis. Study confirmed that PEOC is significantly
correlated with job performance. Though PEOC is a significant predictor
of job performance, it can be concluded that too little or too much of
PEOC leads to have low level of job performance and moderate level of
PEOC leads to have high level of job performance, in the tested domain. Top Keywords Apparel Sector, Job performance, Machine operators, Perceived employee organization congruence. Top |