Abstract
This study explores the relationship between employee development and their organization satisfaction, in an effort to more fully understand how employee development contributes to an agency’s success. In order to examine the empirical relationship, this study uses the 2004, 2006, and 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey (FHCS) data. Based on the empirical results from the ordinary least squares regression, this study finds that all dimensions of employee development have positive and significant relationships with an employee’s perceived organization satisfaction. One of the interesting findings from the regression analysis is that the positive effect of having electronic access to learning and training programs on an employee’s perceived organization satisfaction is the lowest among those eight dimensions of employee development. Conversely, the positive effect of having a real opportunity to improve an employee’s skills on an employee’s perceived organization satisfaction is higher than effects of any other dimensions of employee development.
Highlights
The federal government employs nearly two million people (U.S Merit Systems Protection Board, 2011)
This study explores the relationship between employee development and their organization satisfaction, in an effort to more fully understand how employee development contributes to an agency’s success
Based on the empirical results from the ordinary least squares regression, this study finds that all dimensions of employee development have positive and significant relationships with an employee’s perceived organization satisfaction
Summary
The federal government employs nearly two million people (U.S Merit Systems Protection Board, 2011). Each of these employees requires various levels of training and development in order to successfully perform their assigned tasks, which at $1 billion is a significant cost to taxpayers (U.S Merit Systems Protection Board, 1995). The expectation is that the investment in federal employees is necessary to successfully provide a level of public goods and services that are expected from our federal workforce. According to Riccucci & Naff (2008), employee development is the “process of advancing or progressing within an organization while acquiring skill and experience” Employee development includes a spectrum of opportunities that include such activities as technical training, formal education, job enrichment, and developmental assignments
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