Unionization and Employee Performance Influenced by Culture in Government Organizations

Abstract

The objective of this study is to examine the effects of labor union practices on employee performance moderated by culture is the goal of this research. This is a casual study; a survey has been conducted on government organizations in Pakistan using an adopted questionnaire. In order to address the problems that laborers encounter at work; labor unions are essential. Labor unions assist in the effective sharing of information in order to prevent conflicts. This study applied the quantitative approach to research. Primary data was gathered through the distribution of questionnaires. The questionnaire consisted of close-ended questions with a Likert scale of five points, i.e., from strongly-disagree to strongly-agree. The data questionnaire was given to 120 respondents, i.e., non-managerial staff members of Pakistan's government organizations. And after the analysis of data by using SPSS 26 software it is found that that the five labor union practices, like communication, workplace harmony, Safety & Health, Salary & Benefits, and Conflict, are sufficient and powerful enough to improve each employee's performance on an individual basis. It also demonstrated that organizational culture considerably & significantly modifies the association between all five labor union practices and employee’s performance. Furthermore, it is recommended for future researchers to examine the impact of labor unions on employee performance in the presence of organizational culture by utilizing a larger sample size, a wider geographic area, and also the government sector of other regions so that the study's generalizability can be further improved.