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.