The Correlation between Work Performance and Job Satisfaction among Employees in the Youth and Sports Offices of Yem Zone in Central Ethiopia Regional State

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to investigate the correlation between work performance and job satisfaction among employees in Yem Zone Youth and Sport offices in Central Ethiopia region. Based on conditions of the study the researcher was employed quantitative and qualitative research approach and cross-sectional research design was adopted. Samples taken 38 employees and 13 management bodies and leaders total 51 participants were taken from each district (woreda,) city administration and zone office and those all taken purposefully as sample technique and sample size. The research methodology was employed a descriptive survey, questionnaires and interviews were the major data collection instruments, used. Data analysis of survey questionnaires gathered from respondents was carried out through the statistical package for SPSS version 27 software was applied. Correlation coefficient, frequency and percentage, and graphs were used to analyze and interpret the collected data. According to the findings the correlation between employees; work performance and job satisfaction indicated weak positive correlation. Training and professional development opportunities, selection and hiring process, leadership styles, time management and organizational cultures partially influenced and tools and resources, salary, work-life balance, career growth opportunities, recognition and reward, and overall work environment were in a great extend affecting the relationship between employees’ work performance and job satisfaction.