The influence of job demand, organizational constraint, work life balance and proactive coping on job performance

This study examined the factors influencing job performance among academicians in Malaysia higher educational institutions. The factors influence namely job demand, organizational constraints, work-life balance and proactive coping. Job performance was measured by integrating task performance and contextual performance. A total of 396 academicians participated from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti (USM) and Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) in this study. Regression analysis was performed to test the research hypotheses. The findings revealed that job demands and organizationa l constraints have a significant negative relationship with job performance, whereas work-life balance and proactive coping exhibit significant positive relationships. Discussions elaborated on the research findings. Additionally, this study also discussed theoretical and practical implications , limitations of the study, directions for future research, and conclusion