THE EFFECTS OF EMPLOYEE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT TRAINING ON THEIR PERFORMANCES

Abstract

Global competition has lead organizations to focus on every aspect of their operations, questioning the process of each function and how to achieve strategic goals. Human resource can be considered as the foremost asset of an organization that require investing in that asset to certain their survival and growth. Additionally, training has become a vital and it is one of the most valuable investment. It plays an essential role in improving employee performance and also helps in organizations’ profitability. Employees’ perception regarding training activities generates a feeling of social exchange value, this build a relationship and loyalty between the employees and organization. Moreover, the training plays an essential role in the development of employees towards performance improvement. All organizations require effective training activities in order to update their employee skills and gain competitive edge in market which in turn contributes in organizations’ profitability and productivity. The purpose of this thesis was to determine employee perceptions in terms of training and their impact on employee performance. This study focuses on employees of banking sector in Pakistan. When it comes to the banking sector of Pakistan the perceptions of employees regarding the training and their impact on potential performance is the area that needs a deeper understanding. The research adopted a quantitative research method. For achieving the object of this research, data were successfully collected from 450 employees who have participated in training activities in the Pakistan’s banking sector. Analyses were carried out from SPSS software, where reliability analysis, correlation analysis, one sample T test, Cronbach Alpha, and multiple regression analysis were performed.