DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2017.v04i11.001

Pages: 739-748

The present study examines the influence of fun/entertainment at workplace on employees’ performance through job stress in Sri Lankan IT sector. The conceptual model of this study was tested based on responses from 104 IT sector employees in selected IT companies in Sri Lanka. This study revealed that IT sector employees’ performance positively affects their experienced workplace fun. In turn, IT sector’ experienced workplace fun showed direct effects on their employee performance under three category job satisfaction, task performance, and interpersonal citizenship behaviors. Affected by experienced workplace fun, job satisfaction significantly enhanced employees’ task performance and interpersonal job satisfaction. In essence, for IT sector employees in their work, workplace fun is a significant factor in their performance. These findings provide a significant insight to IT companies who typically have a hard time to attract best young talents and motivate them mainly due to low-paying, low-status nature of IT service.