Influence of Employees’ Core Competencies on Employees Job Performance: A Special Reference to Insurance Companies in Batticaloa District

Abstract

Abstract

Human resource is a key factor to achieve competitive advantages in an organization. Work force with best talents is essential for organizational success. Employee’s core competencies has been associated with individual skills to fulfill expectation of organization to attain job targets which are established by top management of organization. Employees tend to learn and develop core competencies in order to improve job performance. Job performance is vital because accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives can be evaluated by the performance of human resources. This study examined the research problem of whether employees’ core competencies influence on job performance in Insurance companies in Batticaloa district (Manmunai North D.S Division). Quantitative methodology has been employed for this research and questionnaires were issued to obtain the data. This study sample included 152 employees who have been working in Insurance companies. Simple random sampling technique was used and Univariate, correlation, and regression analysis have been used. Finding indicates that employees’ core competencies and job performance are at a high level and it also found that there is a strong positive relationship between core competencies and job performance. Moreover, core competencies significantly influence on job performance of Insurance companies in Batticaloa district.