THE EFFECT OF TRAINING ON EMPLOYEES’- PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF TEKLEBERHAN AMBAYE CONSTRUCTION PLC (TACON)

Abstract

Training helps meet specific skill deficits in employees’ performance. Successful organizations and managers realize the importance of human resources; trained human resources are key to maintaining a competitive advantage in today’s constantly changing global environment. An efficiently implemented training program leads to better employee performance. The objective of the study was to assess the effect of training on employee performance in Teklebrhan Ambaye construction plc. There are two broad training types, on-the- job and off-the-job training. The effect of all types of training and methods cannot be addressed in this study. Therefore, the research mainly focused on training process, induction/orientation training and on-the-job training. The company has employees working in different areas/regions in different projects and geographically only the head offices and in Addis Ababa projects. The research is based on primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected using self-administered questionnaire distributed to 327 respondents taken as non probability sampling of purposive sample size from head office and Addis Ababa city projects/site. The research design and approach is Descriptive and Quantitative respectively. The researcher used SPSS 20, descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis to analyze the data collected and to evaluate the relationship between the two variables. The result of the study signifies that there is a positive and significant relationship between training and employee performance in the context of Teklebrhan Ambaye construction plc. The study also recommends that in order to improve employee performance the organization should continue its training program so that it can support employee’s competencies.