EFFECT OF HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF BAYELSA STATE CIVIL SERVICE

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between personnel training and job performance among civil servants in Bayelsa state civil service. To achieve the above, four research questions as well as four hypotheses were derived from the study's objectives. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. This was because the researcher intended to gather information through a questionnaire. The population of the study was approximately 27000 civil servants, out of which only staff from five (5) ministries, agencies, and parastatals were randomly selected for the study. Thus, a sample size of 394 respondents was adopted for the study. The collected data was analysed using SPSS version 23. The demographic data of the respondents was analysed using frequency and percentage. And the research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation. The chi square test of significance was used at the 0.05 level of statistical significance to look at the research hypotheses. The findings from the study indicate that 65.7% of the respondents have worked for the Bayelsa State civil service for more than 10 years which is a clear indication that they have experience and have worked in the organization long enough to comment on their performance and feedback, promotion and training significantly relate performance of the civil servants. Based on the finding from the study recommends that personnel training is a fundamental instrument of performance and training should be conducted to employees at regular interval.