Performance and Marital Status: A Study on Employs of Public Sector Universities of Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

In academic side of the education sector the workforce is declining day by day, for which the many researchers discovered the various reasons which affect the performance of an employee, among which the marital status is key factor for the performance of employee. To evaluate the impact of marital status on performance of employees of public sector universities of Khairpur Mirs district the present study was designed. Majorly the four variables were targeted in this study, Marital status, job performance, family responsibilities and perception of marital status. Sample collected from 339 participants (who responded to the questionnaire) and analyzed through (SPSS) software version .25. The reliability analysis for data was performed by Cronbach’s Alpha technique, while the hypotheses were checked by Regression Analysis (which includes the Model Summary, Coefficient and ANOVA) and Pearson Correlation method. On the basis of all analysis it was concluded that marital status has a positively significant impact on the job performance. However, the results and conclusions find out by this study will be helpful for the HR (Human Resource) Managers to prefer the employees for the job after being married.