An exploratory study to investigate the Impact of Training and Development in Nigeria’s health sector

Osonuga, Abiodun (2022) An exploratory study to investigate the Impact of Training and Development in Nigeria’s health sector. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

Purpose: The goal of this study is to determine how training and development initiatives affect employees' performance in Nigeria's health sector, specifically in a few primary healthcare institutions.

Methodology: Due to the limited sample size, this study combines an inductive research approach and a positivist research ethic to explore qualitative data gathering techniques. A semi-structured interview with 13 questions was used to obtain the data, and 9 health personnel were interviewed. In the analytical approach, thematic analysis was employed.

Findings: T&D are positively and strongly correlated with loyalty and involvement, Knowledge and skills; innovation and productivity, and that training and development programs in health sectors and are more closely related to workers performance. The research highlights that employees require effective T&D to reduce the cost and time managers spend supervising workers.

Research limitations: The main limitation of this work was the lack of empirical literature on the relationship between training and development in the healthcare sector and worker performance, which was used to identify and point to literature gaps. The need for further development of these research areas is considered an important opportunity.

Originality: The study found that there exist a positive link between T&D and employee performance, and that training promotes employee loyalty and attachment to the organization. Nonetheless, there are still many other variables related to this particular area, so researchers’ needs additional information such as employee involvement, employee satisfaction, employee skills, and employee inspiration. It is very imperative to conduct research in this particular area in the near future, employee motivation and organizational effectiveness, and other environmental conditions related to employee T&D and workers performance.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DT Africa R Medicine > Healthcare Industry H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Performance Management H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management > Human Resource Management > Training and Development
Divisions:	School of Business > Master of Arts in Human Resource Management
Depositing User:	Clara Chan
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2022 12:48
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2022 12:48
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/5903

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