A Study on Employee Performance and Training Practices

Abstract

In a dynamic business environment where things are changing at a faster rate and prevails high competition, employee training and development holds an important place in the organization for enabling employees to carry out their tasks better and attain the company’s goals. This study investigates how training appropriateness and training effectiveness affect employee work performance; examines two key factors: training effectiveness and training appropriate cause improve employee performance in jobs. The study was conducted on manufacturing companies in South Bengal, India. This study considers relevant theory such as Human Capital Theory and the Resource-Based View. The primary data were collected through a well-structured questionnaire. Out of 291 questionnaires that were given to manufacturing concerns, 151 respondents filled them out correctly. The data was analysed with the help of Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling to understand the relationship between training and development and employee performance. The results show that training effectiveness significantly improves employee performance. The main factors like easy to understand training content, good trainers and interesting training sessions help employees to work better. The study also observed that even if the right training is provided it does not impact employee performance at work. This implies that employees carry out their jobs better when the training is taught systematically.