The relationship between motivation, ability, role perception, situational factor (MARS) and employee behavior at the workplace

Thi study aims to identify the relationship between motivation, ability, role perception and situational factor (MARS) and employee behavior at the workplace. The independent variables of this study are MARS whereas the dependent variable is employee behavior. Apart from that, the study is conducted at one of the private sector company in Kota Kinabalu Sabah. In order to collect the required information, survey questionnaire is used. There are total of 120 questionnaires being distributed among the executive and non-executive employees of the selected organization. The data collected is analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science version 12 (SPSS). Frequency and percentage is used to summarize the respondent demographic. Meanwhile, Pearson Product Moment Coefficient is used to measure the relationship between MARS and employee behavior at the workplace: The outcome shows that there i a significant relationship between motivation, ability, role perception and situational factors (MARS) and employee behavior at the workplace. Moreover, ability is dominated as the dominant factor in influencing behavior of mployees. Implication of the study recognized that employer should take proper action to deal with problematic employee. Besides, the recommendation for future research or ractitioners and organizations is discussed in details to provide better suggestions or ideas