Factors associated with job performance amongst engineers in Bigen-Africa in Mahikeng and Pretoria
Abstract
This study examined factors associated with job performance amongst engineers in Bigen
Africa in Mahikeng ard Pretoria. This study pertains to only the two branch offices (i.e.
Mahikeng and Pretoria) of Bigen Africa. The entire building environment professionals, the
permanent and contracted employees of these companies were considered as the relevant
respondents for this study. There are 38 males and 12 females employees that were given
questionnaires to complete. However, 48 were valid whilst the other two were discarded.
All these employees were considered as respondents for this study. As Begin-Africa is the
leading engineering firm in SA as it is, large in market share in size and infrastructure
development, the employment in these firms is spread over different places in the sub-Saharan
region; hence it was felt that the firm could be considered for an in-depth analysis. This study
relied upon the primary data collected by administering the questionnaire method and the
completed questionnaires were edited and codified. The researcher only used the quantitative
method for this study. The information was processed in to a master table. Various tables,
incorporated in this study, were prepared on the basis of this master table.
This study made known to the researcher that the job performance of engineers is strongly
associated with job satisfaction and these two variables are coherent. The study further
established that the educational level is significantly related to job performance among
engineers. The study has also revealed that job performance increases as the working
experience increases. Finally, the study showed that job satisfaction increases as the working
experience increases.