“UNIONISM IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY OF INDONESIA: A KEEN EYE ON IMPROVED JOB PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES”

Abstract

Employees’ Unionism along with job performance is continuing debate and somehow has a negative outcome on organizational performance. In this study, the researcher has the aim to identify the role of unionism instrumentality as well as climate of relations related to industries on employee’ performance of job in the pharmaceutical sector through the mediating role of positive affect and POS. The data has been collect from 422 front line employees of the organization through designed the survey questionnaire technique. Furthermore, the analysis has been done with the help of SPSS & AMOS. The major analysis techniques that were used in the study are SEM, CFA and descriptive test. In addition, the results and findings have demonstrated that all hypotheses have accepted. It has indicated that the unionism and industrial relations climate has a positive effects on job performance, similarly, POS and positive affect in the association between climate of unionism and industrial relations have a mediating positive role on job performance. Finally, this study is novel and original because no previous study has elaborate on the impact of POS is relationship b/w unionism and job performance. The study has also provided some of the benefits to the employees as well as managerial level people to examine the boundaries of industrial relations.