The relationship between effective listening skills towards employee’s job performance at Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) Shah Alam / Nurul Hazimah Hassan

Purpose and scope of report: The purposes are to study the relationship between
effective listening skills towards job performance and to know the impact of effective
listening skills contribute to the employee's job performance. These report also measure
what is the most positive impact of effective listening skills can affect the employee's job
performance.
Methods: These researches describe and explain the sampling plan and the
instrument used to generate data and answer. The sampling frame, the sample technique,
sample size, unit of analysis, data collection procedures, survey instruments, validity or
survey and plan for data analysis are explained in this research.
Findings: Described all the findings obtained from the study and discussion of the
findings. It consist rate percentage of response, respondent's background and the major
discussion of finding based on the research questions developed in this research. There is
a significant relationship between effective listening skills and employee's job
performance. It was found that there was strong correlation between effective listening
skills and employee's job performance (r=.756).
Conclusion: The employees at Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) can perceive
effective listening skills towards their job performance. Therefore, they need to take an
action to increase the job performance. Without good listening skills of employees,
effective communication can be distorted. This has negative consequences on job
performance and productivity would be negatively affected.
Recommendation: The organization can arrange training for interpersonal
communication skills which includes how to recognize the barrier to have good listening
skills. In that training program, employees can know how to develop active listening
skills and how to give and receive feedback. Besides that, employees also can learn how
to deal with difficult people.