AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF CAREER PLATEAU, ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB PERFORMANCE; A CASE OF PRIVATE SECTOR UNIVERSITIES IN PESHAWAR CITY

Abstract

This research has conducted to investigate the effect of career plateau on organizational
commitment and on job performance in the private sector Universities, located in
Peshawar city. Data was collected from 115 employees, serving in ten universities with
the help of questionnaires. It has found that career plateau has inverse relation with job
performance and Organization commitment, however organizational commitment
plays a significant role in improving job performance. The result further indicates that
organizational commitment partially mediates the relation of career plateau and job
performance. This is a unique research of its kind and meaningfully contributed to the
existing literature on career plateau and job performance relationship. The study
suggests that in order to improve the performance of faculty in time promotion,
appraisal and reward is essential.