Predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in Nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender
Training opportunities in any organisation, especially in the public sector is a powerful indication to the employees that, their services are valued and appreciated. Despite the plethora of evaluative measures to uncover the growing trends of training ineffectiveness in many organisations, very...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2020
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99187/1/FPP%202021%2035%20IR.pdf |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| id |
my-upm-ir.99187 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
uketd_dc |
| institution |
Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| collection |
PSAS Institutional Repository |
| language |
English |
| advisor |
Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni |
| topic |
Training - Government employees Civil service - Training of - Nigeria |
| spellingShingle |
Training - Government employees Civil service - Training of - Nigeria Nnamdi, Ogbodoakum Predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in Nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender |
| description |
Training opportunities in any organisation, especially in the public sector is a powerful
indication to the employees that, their services are valued and appreciated. Despite the
plethora of evaluative measures to uncover the growing trends of training ineffectiveness
in many organisations, very few positive outcomes have been achieved. The main
problem is that, significant number of studies were devoted to training evaluation, with
little reference to employee readiness to participate in such training programme.
Following the literature reviews, it was discovered that, no study has been conducted in
Nigeria on the predictors of civil servants’ readiness to participate in training and
interviewing role of intention towards training and gender using the theory of theory of
planned behaviour and decomposed theory of planned behaviour. Seven constructs were
identified and used in the study (attitude towards training, peer influence, superior
influence, training self-efficacy, facilitating conditions, intention towards training and
readiness to participate). Data were obtained from civil servants who have participated
in a training program from three government organisations in Nigeria: Supreme court,
Federal judicial service commission and Federal civil service commission. Pilot study
was conducted with a sample of 30 respondents in other to assess the reliability of the
instrument, which was fully satisfied.
The research instrument contains 68 items (61, validated and 7 self-developed), which
was assessed on a 7-point Likert scale with a sample size of 255 (valid respondents)
64%, out of a possible 400 distributed copies. Structural equation modelling was applied
to analyse the data, after painstaking data examination in terms of normality, validity,
reliability and multicollinearity. The following results were found (1) attitude towards
training and Intention towards training have significant direct effect on readiness to
participate. (2) intention towards training partially mediated the effect of attitude towards
training on readiness to participate. (3) intention towards training fully mediated the
effect of peer influence, superior influence, training self-efficacy and facilitating The research instrument contains 68 items (61, validated and 7 self-developed), which
was assessed on a 7-point Likert scale with a sample size of 255 (valid respondents)
64%, out of a possible 400 distributed copies. Structural equation modelling was applied
to analyse the data, after painstaking data examination in terms of normality, validity,
reliability and multicollinearity. The following results were found (1) attitude towards
training and Intention towards training have significant direct effect on readiness to
participate. (2) intention towards training partially mediated the effect of attitude towards
training on readiness to participate. (3) intention towards training fully mediated the
effect of peer influence, superior influence, training self-efficacy and facilitating condition on readiness to participate (4) there was a statistically significant effect of
gender on readiness to participate, which is suggestive that female civil servants have
higher readiness to participate in training compared to male civil servants. The following
conclusions were drawn from the study. Firstly, attitude towards training and intention
towards were the most significant determinants for readiness to participate in training
within the civil service. Although, peer influence, superior influence, training selfefficacy
and facilitating condition are important in achieving civil servants’ readiness to
participate in training, its effect will depend on employee intention towards training. It
is suggested that training in the civil service should be targeted, egalitarian and resulted
oriented in other to achieve optimum performance among the staff members. The study
has the following implications in the context of human resource development. First, the
study re-enforced the central role of behavioural intention as the most important
determinant for actual behaviour (readiness to participate). Second, there is an urgent
need to integrate individual and organisational factors in managing employee readiness
to participate, especially in a rule-based hierarchical civil service. Finally, it was
observed that, the central determinant of strong intention is motivation, hence policy
makers should priorities staff motivation by adopting fair and just policies in other to
ensure high readiness to participate in training and other applicable organizational
interventions in the civil service. |
| format |
Thesis |
| qualification_level |
Doctorate |
| author |
Nnamdi, Ogbodoakum |
| author_facet |
Nnamdi, Ogbodoakum |
| author_sort |
Nnamdi, Ogbodoakum |
| title |
Predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in Nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender |
| title_short |
Predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in Nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender |
| title_full |
Predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in Nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender |
| title_fullStr |
Predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in Nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in Nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender |
| title_sort |
predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender |
| granting_institution |
Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| publishDate |
2020 |
| url |
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99187/1/FPP%202021%2035%20IR.pdf |
| _version_ |
1776100300944310272 |
| spelling |
my-upm-ir.991872023-03-06T06:50:04Z Predictors of readiness to participate in training program among civil servants in Nigeria and intervening roles of intention towards training and gender 2020-06 Nnamdi, Ogbodoakum Training opportunities in any organisation, especially in the public sector is a powerful indication to the employees that, their services are valued and appreciated. Despite the plethora of evaluative measures to uncover the growing trends of training ineffectiveness in many organisations, very few positive outcomes have been achieved. The main problem is that, significant number of studies were devoted to training evaluation, with little reference to employee readiness to participate in such training programme. Following the literature reviews, it was discovered that, no study has been conducted in Nigeria on the predictors of civil servants’ readiness to participate in training and interviewing role of intention towards training and gender using the theory of theory of planned behaviour and decomposed theory of planned behaviour. Seven constructs were identified and used in the study (attitude towards training, peer influence, superior influence, training self-efficacy, facilitating conditions, intention towards training and readiness to participate). Data were obtained from civil servants who have participated in a training program from three government organisations in Nigeria: Supreme court, Federal judicial service commission and Federal civil service commission. Pilot study was conducted with a sample of 30 respondents in other to assess the reliability of the instrument, which was fully satisfied. The research instrument contains 68 items (61, validated and 7 self-developed), which was assessed on a 7-point Likert scale with a sample size of 255 (valid respondents) 64%, out of a possible 400 distributed copies. Structural equation modelling was applied to analyse the data, after painstaking data examination in terms of normality, validity, reliability and multicollinearity. The following results were found (1) attitude towards training and Intention towards training have significant direct effect on readiness to participate. (2) intention towards training partially mediated the effect of attitude towards training on readiness to participate. (3) intention towards training fully mediated the effect of peer influence, superior influence, training self-efficacy and facilitating The research instrument contains 68 items (61, validated and 7 self-developed), which was assessed on a 7-point Likert scale with a sample size of 255 (valid respondents) 64%, out of a possible 400 distributed copies. Structural equation modelling was applied to analyse the data, after painstaking data examination in terms of normality, validity, reliability and multicollinearity. The following results were found (1) attitude towards training and Intention towards training have significant direct effect on readiness to participate. (2) intention towards training partially mediated the effect of attitude towards training on readiness to participate. (3) intention towards training fully mediated the effect of peer influence, superior influence, training self-efficacy and facilitating condition on readiness to participate (4) there was a statistically significant effect of gender on readiness to participate, which is suggestive that female civil servants have higher readiness to participate in training compared to male civil servants. The following conclusions were drawn from the study. Firstly, attitude towards training and intention towards were the most significant determinants for readiness to participate in training within the civil service. Although, peer influence, superior influence, training selfefficacy and facilitating condition are important in achieving civil servants’ readiness to participate in training, its effect will depend on employee intention towards training. It is suggested that training in the civil service should be targeted, egalitarian and resulted oriented in other to achieve optimum performance among the staff members. The study has the following implications in the context of human resource development. First, the study re-enforced the central role of behavioural intention as the most important determinant for actual behaviour (readiness to participate). Second, there is an urgent need to integrate individual and organisational factors in managing employee readiness to participate, especially in a rule-based hierarchical civil service. Finally, it was observed that, the central determinant of strong intention is motivation, hence policy makers should priorities staff motivation by adopting fair and just policies in other to ensure high readiness to participate in training and other applicable organizational interventions in the civil service. Training - Government employees Civil service - Training of - Nigeria 2020-06 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99187/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/99187/1/FPP%202021%2035%20IR.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Training - Government employees Civil service - Training of - Nigeria Zainal Abiddin, Norhasni |