Surveying the Assessment System of the Performance and Effect of the Motivational-cultural Factors on the Improvement of Personnel Performance (case study: Iran's District 12 Grain Company)

Subject Areas : Business Management

Hedayat allah Soltani ¹ , Mojtaba Parsa nasab ² , mohammad mehdi Rashidi ³

1 - Master of Public Administration, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd Branch
2 - Master of Public Administration, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd Branch
3 - Graduated from Ph.D. in Educational Management at Tehran University/ Faculty member of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology

Received: 2013-02-19 Accepted : 2013-07-21 Published : 2013-11-22

Keywords: Evaluation, Motivational-cultural factors, Employee Performance,

Abstract :

In this study, which was conducted using descriptive survey method, five questions and two hypotheses were proposed. Research data which was extracted from 90 employees of Iran’s District 12 Grain Company using questionnaires was analyzed by T, ANOVA, Tukey, Chi-Square, and Jonckheere Tests. Motivational factors affecting the employees’ performance in Iran’s District 12 Grain Company were selected based on Herzberg's theory, and include fame, growth and advancement, the job nature, responsibility and success. Cultural factors affecting the employees’ performance in this company were selected based on Robbins’ theory, and include attention to details, challenging spirit, attention to the employees, attention to the results, attention to the team, innovation, and stability. Moreover, the research results show that performance evaluation has affected the performance of the employees in Iran’s District 12 Grain Company, and the current evaluation system is acceptable by the employees. In addition, the order of importance for the factors affecting the employees’ performance in Iran’s District 12 Grain Company are as follows: 1)the job nature; 2)fame; 3)responsibility; 4)growth and advancement; and 5)success. The order of importance for cultural factors affecting the employees’ performance are as follows: 1)innovation; 2)stability; 3)attention to the employees; 4)attention to the results; 5)attention to the team; 6)attention to details; and 7) challenging spirit.

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