Abstract:

Background: Organizations strive on the collective effort of the employees that make up the organization and for higher productivity to be attained, several factors must interplay. In this study, the influence of work environment, behavioural pattern and self-esteem on employee’s job performance in Lagos State were explored. Method: One hundred and thirteen (113) respondents were randomly selected from the Lagos State Secretariat Alausa, Ikeja. Two hypotheses were formulated at the 0.05 level of significance. The Pearson’s Correlation, analysis of variance, and multiple regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses. The study employed a modified questionnaire titled questionnaire on employee job performance (QEJP) to measure the influence of behavioural patterns, self-esteem and work environment on employees’ job performance in selected organizations in Lagos State. Result: The result of the first hypothesis indicated that there was a significant relationship between job performance and self-esteem (r = .361, p < .05), behavioural pattern (r = .231, p < .05), and work environment (r = .314, p < .05). The second hypothesis shows that self-esteem was the strongest predictor of employee job performance (β = 0.231; t = 3.389; p < 0.05), followed by work environment (β = 0.168; t = 2.860; p < 0.05). There was however no significant effect of educational level (F (1, 100) = .863, p > 0.05) and marital status ((F (1, 100) = 3.221, p > 0.05) on employee job performance. Conclusion: Employees’ work environment invariably forms a relationship between the employer and the employee. Conducive work environment ensures the wellbeing of employees which invariably enables them exert themselves to their roles with all vigour which in this study translated to higher productivity on the job.