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Job Performance As A Software Developer Myself

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As a software developer myself, I found the story of SAS interesting, even more so now that I have recently been placed in a management position at work. While looking at the factors that have the strongest influence over work behaviours and looking at how I could apply those factors to my team, I found the following with regards to SAS: Job Performance Job performance refers to how successfully and employee meets the specifications set out in the job description 1 . Factors within the category of job performance that have an influence on job performance are “General mental abilities”, “organizational justice and interpersonal relations”, “stress”, “positive work attitudes”, and “personality”. 1 In order to delve into these factors more deeply within the management framework and strategies that SAS used, I explored their website and found an array of content outlining the kind of work they do, the kind of environment they create for their employees, and many other details designed to attract candidates with strong “general mental abilities”, and encourage them that they will be in an environment with reduced stress. The following excerpt is taken from their careers page: “If you have to spend an average of 54% of your waking hours at work, why not do something meaningful – and that you can be proud of? SAS is making a difference in people’s lives all around us. Our analytics software helps organizations make the kinds of important decisions that drive change each and

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