FACTORS AFFECTING JOB PERFORMANCE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS IN HARYANA

Abstract

Veterinary surgeons (VSs) form the backbone of the Animal Husbandry department and have primarily been entrusted with the responsibility of activities which lie at the interface of farmers and the department. The present study was conducted to assess the job performance of VSs and the factors affecting their job performance. This study is based on primary data collected from a sample of 120 VSs using simple random sampling technique. Frequency, cumulative square root frequency and percentage were used to analyze the job performance of VSs. Correlation and regression analyses were used to identify the factors affecting job performance of VSs. The findings of the present study indicated that majority (55%) of the Veterinary Surgeons were grouped under medium level of job performance. The variables namely age, training received, service experience, source of information utilization and job involvement were positively and significantly related with job performance of VSs while distance of posting, span of control and job stress have shown significant negative correlation. Regression analysis indicated that out of the nine variables considered, only five variables namely age, service experience, span of control, source of information utilization and job stress were significant in explaining the variation in performance of VSs. The coefficient of determination indicated that all nine variables together explained 60 per cent variation in performance, which was found to be significant.