Increasing Employee Performance through Improved Sense of Ownership and Fulfillment of Expectations

Employee's job performance is critical for the sustenance and growth of an organization in an uncertain and changing work environment. The present research aimed at understanding the influence of employee expectations and perception of ownership on employee's job performance. Using random sampling procedures, data were collected from 300 employees working at different levels from three major corporations of Bhutan. Correlation and regression analysis were carried out to analyze the obtained data. Results revealed that employee's sense of ownership has positive and significant influence on employee's work performance. It is also found that perception of fulfillment of employee's expectations do explain variance in their job performance. This implies that management through their policies and practices should try to develop and maintain sense of ownership among their employees. Also organizations should make efforts to create right expectations and try to fulfill those expectations, which will encourage their employees to continue to perform. Employee's expectations have deep impact on their behaviour in an organization. Although these are so delicate and influence employee morale and performance, organizations do not always pay enough attention to these issues which may have negative influence on the employee's job performance.