The study seeks systemic identification of job security, organizational support and employee satisfaction and investigated impact on employee performance in medical sector of Pakistan .The unit of analysis is an individual medical doctor. Cross sectional survey design has been used for data collection and distribution of instrument as distribution of questionnaire. The random sampling technique is used to conduct the study. The analysis was conducted through SPSS software. The job security and organizational support are independent variables, employee satisfaction is the mediator and employee performance is dependent variable. The study found significant positive relation between job security and employee satisfaction. The study also found positive relation of organization support and satisfaction of employees at medical sectors. If organization supports medical doctors for (their job structure), security and payment policies will be influential towards better performance of employees. The mediating relationship was also found to be significant , study found significant positive relation and mediation effect of employee satisfaction between job security , organization support and employee performance.
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