Relationship between training programs and employee performance

Employees who participate in professional development continually seek opportunities to enhance their skills and capabilities, and consequently, their job performance. Employee development is a never-ending process. Training, on the other hand, may not be continuous. According to JFD Performance Solutions, the differences between training and development include purpose or focus, duration, delivery mode and objectives. Employers may provide training to employees to improve a finite skill set, such as learning Microsoft Excel or another application the employee utilizes in the performance of his job duties.

Apprenticeships are another form of employee training, designed to prepare employees for taking on the full responsibility of a particular job level or function. Occupational trades, such as carpentry, plumbing and similar jobs often use apprenticeship programs that enable an employee to begin at the trainee level and ultimately progress to the journeyperson stage once she has completed the training necessary to achieve a higher-level position or job.

The desired outcome and the effect of training on employee performance is the same — improvement. Ruth Mayhew has been writing since the mids, and she has been an HR subject matter expert since Her work appears in "The Multi-Generational Workforce in the Health Care Industry," and she has been cited in numerous publications, including journals and textbooks that focus on human resources management practices.

Ruth resides in the nation's capital, Washington, D. Organizations have capitalized on training in order to increase their human capital skills and competences. The training was employed as a tool for creating competitive advantage for organization.

This research paper objective is aim to investigate the relationship between training program and employee performance in public universities in Jordan and the research question, Is there a relationship between job training and employee performance?

Is there a relationship between training quality and employee performance? The significant of study, is there a significant relationship between training and employee performance in the management of public universities in Jordan? Three independent variables are incorporated; job training, quality training, and training strategy.

The data was collected from 63 employees and manager at public universities in Jordan and the questionnaire consisted of three sections. This study employs a quantitative approach and it is used the software package for statistical analysis SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences for testing the hypotheses, the finding reveals that the relationship between job training, quality training, and training strategy, and employee performance is positive and significant. Quality training was found to be the highest contributor to employee performance.

Discussion and future directions are given. Afshan Sultana, Sobia Irum, Kamran Ahmed, Nasir Mehmood , impact of training on employee performance: a study of telecommunication sector in Pakistan, interdisciplinary journal of contemporary research in business, vol.

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Effective training targets the gap between what is expected and what is currently being done. This human performance orientation, especially if delivered through training, makes an employee aware of her goals and how she will reach them. He is pursuing his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in human resources management at Bellevue University. Image by Flickr.