[01] Muhammad Salman, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. [02] Mula Nazar Khan, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. [03] Umer Draz, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. [04] Muhammad Javaid Iqbal, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. [05] Kamran Aslam, Department of Commerce, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.

Employee’s cognitive behaviour has strongly influence on employee performance. In current study basic purpose is to investigate the relationship between employee cognitive behaviour and job performance in Health Sector of Pakistan. Self-efficacy was selected as cognitive behaviour with different dimensions like past experience, modelling and emotional cues. Data was collected through self-administrative questionnaire from public hospital of Lahore, Pakistan. Results are exploited thorough Statistical Package of Social Sciences version 16. Data fulfill the normality and all the variables are correlated. The current study finding indicates that self-efficacy has strongly relationship with job performance factors like job commitment, job satisfaction and absenteeism. Particle implication of the study is that the equally importance to develop a reward system, new policies and modelling in public hospital. Limitation and future recommendation were also discussed for future researcher at the end.

Self – Efficacy (SE), Job Performance (JP), Job Commitment (JC), Job Satisfaction (JS) Absenteeism

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