Constructive Relationship between Employee’s Adaptability and Performance Builds up New Trends and Practices in Pakistani Organizations

Muhammad Arif  Khattak; Nadeem  Iqbal; Sajid Rahman  Khattak

Employees tend to resist the change; whereas adaptability to new change can improve employee’s performance which ultimately contributes towards improving organizational performance. To establish the viability of assertion, sample of 491 individuals belonging to Banking, Telecommunication and Pharmaceutical sectors was selected. 15 items related to Employee’s adaptability were used whereas seven items represent organization performance. Results prove that Organization Learning, Creating Change and Customer Focus have relationship with Open Interval Model results, Rational Model Results and Human Relations Model Results. Moreover, organization performance increases between 56% and 79% due to Employee’s adaptability. Employee’s adaptability facilitates to take benefits of novel technology, improved processes, enhance knowledge and skill of employees, and create an environment whereby change facilitates in achievement of customers focuses. New trends and practices would bring about auspicious affects on the growth and development of the organization. It is recommended that management is to remain alive with the changes taking place in the environment and adapt all those measure which are beneficial to the organization.

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