Competency Factors Affecting Work Efficiency of Task-based Employees in Local Administration Organizations

Abstract

Competency factor as indispensable in all employees and organizations, and is always taken into consideration when identifying employees with qualities suitable for specific job responsibilities to contributed to work performance. This research is quantitative research aimed to study the competencies that affect work efficiency of task-based employees in local administration organizations in Eastern Provinces Group 2. The sample group consisted of 320 employees selected by means of simple random sampling by drawing lots, and the sample size was in line with guidelines of Hair et.al, Questionnaires were used to collect the data, which were subjected to a Simple Linear regression analysis at the significance level of 0.01.The study revealed that work competencies had effects on the work efficiency of employees in local administrative organizations in Eastern Provinces Group 2, with effect size of 0.957 at the statistical significance of 0.01. All 11 competencies that affecting work efficiency included professional skills, organizational and professional knowledge, preferred characteristics, teamwork, information and communications technologies, work attitudes and motivation, achievement motivation, leadership and decision making, multiple thought processing, service orientation, and self development.