What Factors Predict Employee Performance? A Regression Analysis of Age, Gender, and Work Experience

Given the organizational shift toward achieving competitiveness, managers are keen to understand how various employee characteristics, such as age, gender, and years of experience, influence performance ability. Consequently, this research determined the predictive influence of these demographic factors on the three dimensions of employee performance: task, adaptive, and contextual, among Filipino workers. Using convenience sampling, a total of 534 participants (56.18% female and 43.82% male), with ages ranging from 18 to 63, were recruited from public and private companies. To measure employee performance, the Employee Performance Scale for Filipino Workers (EPS-FW) was utilized because this instrument has established strong validity and reliability for the Filipino context. The results of the multiple regression analyses indicated that age, gender, and years of experience were not significant predictors of employee performance across any of the task, adaptive, or contextual domains. Significantly, this non-significant result is interpreted as a positive finding, suggesting that effectiveness is independent of these demographic factors. Therefore, managers have no statistical basis for hesitation or discrimination when selecting employees based solely on these variables, which supports the principle of non-discrimination. Finally, the findings indicate that future research should shift its focus to other organizational or individual characteristics as potentially stronger predictors of employee performance.