An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Training and Development and Employee Performance

Abstract

Training is one of the most important tools to develop employee's performance in the organisation. The purpose of training is basically to bridge the gap between job requirements and present competence of an employee. A study was carried out to empirically test the relationship between training and development and employee performance at BHEL. Three hundred fifty employees were stratified random sampling in the BHEL. The data were analysed using SPSS software package in which reliability, correlation and stepwise regression tools were used. The findings revealed that a set of five training and development programmes explained 51.6% variance in employee performance. All training and development programmes were found to have positive impact on employee performance except content analysis. The result concluded that the most influencing training and development programme was training opportunities followed by sufficient training programme, frequent training programmes and high quality and appropriate training for the employee performance.