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Training as Capacity Development for Effectiveness and Productivity of Lower Cadre Employees of Local Governments
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Sam-Okere, Justina Agbeniga, Florence I. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | This paper evaluated how lower cadre employees of select local governments in Lagos State Nigeria perceive the relevance of training to their jobs. It is based on the assumption that training is a major facilitating factor for capacity development with the attendant effect of employee effectiveness and productivity. Five local governments with a workforce of 2,915 made up the population. Out of this, 365 were purposively sampled. These are those who have spent a minimum of five years on the job. In addition, only the staff within this category who also were readily available at the time of the exercise and had also indicated their willingness to participate in the survey were sampled. Data was collected through the administration of questionnaire to this sample. The return rate was 265 copies of the questionnaire. Analysis of the collected data was aimed at finding answers to the two research questions that guided the study. These were: of what relevance if any is training to the efficiency and productivity of lower cadre staff of the local governments? and, what factors if any are inhibiting the successful outcome of the training programmes? Data revealed that they perceive training as a very important factor for capacity development. They are convinced that with training opportunities open to them, they are bound to improve their efficiency and productivity. The major inhibition however is that such training opportunities are not readily available as only 22.4% of the employees have ever benefitted from any training programme of the local governments. The researchers therefore recommend the |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
