EFFECT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON WORKERS’ PERFORMANCE (A CASE STUDY OF GOLDEN GUINEA NIGERIA PLC, UMUAHIA)

LIST OF TABLES 4.1: Questionnaire distribution and collection 47 4.2: Gender of Respondents 48 4.3: Age Range of Respondents 48 4.4: Marital Status of Respondents 49 4.5: On-the-Job Training and Employee Effectiveness 49 4.6: Regression Results for Hypothesis One 51 4.7: Responses on Role-Play Development Programmes and Employees’ Job Efficiency 53 4.8: Regression Results for Hypothesis Two 55 4.9: Responses on Innovative Training and Employee Adaptive Performance 57 4.10: Regression Results for Hypothesis Three 59 ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of training and development on workers performance using Golden Guinea Nigeria Plc, Umuahia, Abia State. The specific objectives were to determine the effect of on-the-job training on workers effectiveness at Golden Guinea Breweries Plc, Umuahia; assess the effect of role-play development programmes on workers’ job efficiency at Golden Guinea Breweries Plc, Umuahia; and examine the effect of innovative training on workers adaptive performance at Golden Guinea Breweries Plc, Umuahia. Survey design was adopted. Primary source of data in the form of structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Analysis was carried out using distribution tables, percentages, Pearson correlation analysis and t-statistics. Findings revealed that on-the-job training has significant effect on employee effectiveness at Golden Guinea Breweries Plc, Umuahia (F-statistics=118.472). It also found that role-play development programmes has significant effect on employees’ job efficiency at Golden Guinea Breweries Plc, Umuahia (F-statistics=113.981). innovative training has significant effect on employee adaptive performance at Golden Guinea Breweries Plc, Umuahia. (F-Statistics=3.3345). It concluded that investing in training and development of employees help to improve on employee job performance. Based on the findings, it recommended that various on-the-jobs and outside trainings such as seminars is necessary to improve not just the employees’ skills and knowledge but product quality. Thus management of Golden Guinea should consider investing on such seminar programmes for its employees.