Abstract:
Work related attitudes are the feelings employees have toward different aspects of the
work environment. Job satisfaction, job involvement and organizational commitment are
three key attitudes that are the most relevant to important outcomes. When people have more
positive work attitudes, they may have the inclination to perform better. Thus to sustain within
the competition and to achieve the competitive advantage, it is vital to focus on the attitudes
and respective job performance of the employees in a significant manner. This study reveals
how employee work related attitudes impact on non- academic staffs' (Skilled labors)
performance of University of Jaffna. Therefore the objective of this study is to find out the
relationship between employee work related attitudes and employee job performance. For
the purpose of this study, data collection was done through the questionnaire and reliability
of the items was confirmed. Further, 88 respondents were selected based on convenient
sampling method from non-academic staffs (Skilled labors) in University of Jaffna. SPSS was
used to analyze the data and statistical tools such as correlation and regression were applied
to measure the relationship between variables. This is the first study to investigate the
relationship between employee work related attitudes and employee performance of non academic staffs (Skilled labors) in University of Jaffna. The finding indicated that there is a
significant relationship between employee works related attitudes and employee job
performance.
