LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES AND WORKPLACE MOTIVATION ARE THE PREDICTOR OF JOB PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Abstract

Leadership plays a vital role for the enhancement of employees’ performance through motivation. The main objective of this research was to determine the effect of leadership attributes and workplace motivation on job performance. The study was quantitative based on correlational research design. The population was public secondary school teachers from Hafizabad while 263 participants were selected as sample through simple random sampling technique. For data collection standardized questionnaire was administered through survey method. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the research data according to research hypotheses. The findings of the study indicated that there was moderate relationship of leadership attributes and workplace motivation with job performance. Moreover, it was revealed that leadership attributes and workplace motivation had significant effect on job performance. Furthermore, leadership attributes had more significant correlation and effect on job performance than workplace motivation. This study is beneficial for the heads, management staff and academicians to adopt the innovative techniques and strategies for the enhancement of teaching-learning process.