Assessment Of Social Support And Its Effect On Job Performance: Gender Wise Comparison

Research Article
Shalini Prakash and Kokila Saxena
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2019.1008.3894
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Social Support, socioemotional, performance, COR theory, organizational support.
Abstract: 

This research paper assesses the degree of satisfaction from social support from the sources like coworkers, superiors and the organization. It evaluates the empirical effect of social support on employee’s performance making a gender wise comparison. In the present study, questionnaire was used as an instrument of primary data collection. For clear analysis, the study is focused on two broad variables; the dependent variable which is organizational performance and the dependent variable which is social support. Measures of central tendency were used to interpret the results like mean and frequency distribution. The sample size was taken from the private sector only. A total of 200 questionnaires were sent to the employees by mail and other media to the participants in the National Capital Region. A total of 113 questionnaires were submitted back and found completely suitable for the analysis. Although there was no such big difference found between the satisfaction level of male and female employees, but still female replies in the questionnaire showed that they received a lower level of satisfaction from social support as compared to the males. The productivity, meeting targets, and quality of work do not get affected by the social support. Social support affects the employees and the working environment intangibly. It affects the personal attributes of the employees both males and females enthusiasm, positive attitude, creativity and the work relationships of the employees.