The present study was undertaken to analyze the Job perception and job performance of Panchaya Development officers in Karnataka State during the year 2013-2014. The study area includes Dharwad, Haveri, Bagalkot and Bijapur districts of northern Karnataka. The Ex-post facto‟ research design was employed for the study. Further, the PDOs working in Dharwad, Haveri. Bagalkot and Bijapur districts were selected as the population for the study. From each districts 38 PDOs were selected by simple random sampling to form total sample of 152 respondents‟. The results revealed that coefficients of determination (R2 ) were and for job perception and job performance, respectively. The results further imply that all the selected eight independent variables put together contributed per cent and per cent of variation in job perception and job performance of PDOs respectively. In addition, study also reveals that, the constraints in job performance of PDOs shows that, all most 96 per cent of PDOs perceived that they come across with interference of local representatives in performing job activities this coupled with Over workload was the second major constraint as perceived by per cent of PDOs. Further, Majority of PDOs perceived co-workers are not co-operating (), lack of recognition or appreciation for good work (), lack of time to implement the programmes () and lack of promotion opportunities () as other constraints in effective job performance. | A study on factors influencing job perception and job performance of PDOs: An empirical evidence in case of Karnataka, India
