INTEGRITY AND EMPLOYEE JOB PERFORMANCE

Malaysia is currently ranking 62 in Transparency International (TI) index which is the worst position that the country ever placed. This is due to major corruption scandal by the higher level management in Government of Malaysia. The integrity issue can jeopardize the nation performance and impression towards Malaysia. Therefore, it is important to understand the state of integrity among employees in order to prevent any unwanted problem to the organization and alas to the nation. Integrity is an individual trait that can build trusting relationship with others. At corporate level, it takes individual integrity to develop a consensus around shared values. Hence, it is crucial to have a trustworthy and high integrity level to keep organization in the right path to success. Is there any relationship between work and employee performance and how religiosity can moderate the relationship between integrity and employee performance? Therefore, the study were the effect of integrity and employees’ job performance in four main industries in Malaysia which are manufacturing, accommodation, food and beverages, education and public administration. The data were collected from 420 employees using questionnaire approach. The data collected will be analyzed using Smart PLS 3.0. The result revealed that there is positive significant relationship between integrity and employees’ job performance with Malaysia working culture as the background. The finding show that integrity plays a vital role in employee performance as well a high integrity employee will lead to a better performance.