A FRAMEWORK OF TRAINING AND MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEES JOB PERFORMANCE A STUDY OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE

ABSTRACT Organizations are able to achieve their objectives when they effectively and efficiently utilize its resources like men, machines, materials and money. Among all these, human resources are the most important, because they use the other assets of the organization to realize the goals and objectives set by the organization. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to explore the impact of training and motivations on employees’ performance in the context of a public university environment. Hence, the research objectives are to assess the influence of training on employees’ work motivation, to identify the relationship between training and employees’ job performance and to identify the mediating effects of motivation on the relationship between training and employees’ job performance. To test the study’s hypotheses, data was collected from a sample of 77 lecturers through online survey questionnaire. Regression results reveal that regular training of employees boost their motivation to show great commitment to the work. That is to say, there is a significant relationship between training and motivation of lecturers in higher educational institutions. The study also revealed that there is a significant statistical positive relationship between training and employees’ work performance. Furthermore, the study discovered full mediation of motivation in the relationship between training and employee performance. Finally, the findings of the study revealed that training of employees will first boost their motivation and confidence to perform their work perfectly. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made to the effect that, the type of training that should be organized for the lecturers should be directly related to the core work of the lecturers in order to motivate them to transfer the skills and knowledge acquired during the training into effective and improved work performance.