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This study finds the determinants of performance of Table 2 shows the results based on Structural equation
employees in public sectors in Pakistan. This study will be modeling and the Table 3 shows the results of the hypothe-
helpful for the policy makers. This study highlights the ses. The enforceability of rules and regulations has positive
determinants of performance with significance results. coefficient value 0.573 and significant at 1 percent. The
Research Question political influence has the magnitude 0.697, transparency,
The question of this study is: freedom of voice, availability of proper resources, have
negative coefficient. It means that the enforceability of rules
What are the determinants of employees’ performance in and regulations and political influence are the positive
public sector in Pakistan? determinant of employees’ performance whereas the trans-
Research Hypotheses parency, freedom of voice, and availability of resources are
There are the following research hypotheses of this study: the negative determinants of employees’ performance.Fi-
H1A: If the rules and regulations are properly enforced nally Figure 3 shows the SEM framework of this study.
then it has positive impact on employees’ performance in Table 3
public sector in Pakistan. Hypotheses results
H2A: If there is political influence then it has negative Variable Coefficient Probability
impact on employees’ performance in public sector in Paki- Dependent variable : performance
stan. Determinants
H3A: If there is transparency then it has positive impact on Enfor H1A Accepted at 1%
employees’ performance in public sector in Pakistan. POL H2A Rejected at 1%
H4A: If there is Meritocracy then it has positive impact on TRANS H3A Rejected at 1%
employees’ performance in public sector in Pakistan. MET H4A Rejected at 1%
H5A: If there is lack of freedom of voice then it has nega-
tive impact on employees’ performance in public sector in Voice H5A Accepted at 1%
Pakistan. RES H6A Accepted at 1%
H6A: If the proper resources are not provided to the Note *** ** *
employees then it has negative impact on employees’ Significance level 1 percent 5 percent 10 percent
performance in public sector in Pakistan. The hypotheses H1A, H5A, and H6A are accepted at 1%
Research Methodology level of significance. Whereas the hypotheses H2A and
This is an exploratory study based on primary research. H3A both are rejected at 1% level of significance.
The questionnaire is used to develop the construct of Conclusion
enforceability of rules and regulations, political influence, Figure 3SEM results (Stata 12)
transparency, freedom of voice, availability of proper
resources, and employees’ performance(Ali, Ali, & Raza,
2011). I have circulated 200 questionnaire forms around
the employees in audit department and out of 200 I
received 163 responses. I used structural equational mode-
ling technique to run the econometric analysis to find the
determinants.
Results and Discussion
Table 2
SEM results
Variable Coefficient Probability
Dependent variable : performance
Determinants
Enfor 0.573 0.003
POL 0.697 0.001
TRANS -0.721 0.000
MET -0.707 0.040
Voice -0.239 0.007
RES -0.190 0.003
Note *** ** *
Significance level 1 percent 5 percent 10 percent

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