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EFFECTS OF TRAINING ON EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION AND ACHIEVEMENT: ‘TRAIN TO GAIN’ EVIDENCE FROM MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES IN TURKEY

MESLEKİ EĞİTİMİN ÇALIŞANLARIN İŞ TATMİNİNE VE BAŞARISINA ETKİSİ: TÜRKİYE’DEKİ İMALAT İŞLETMELERİ ÜZERİNE ‘KAZANMAK İÇİN EĞİT’ BULGULARI

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The study underscores that, as a human resource management practice, employee training is an efficient way for businesses to accomplish their purposes

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study analyzes how the formal training services that companies offer affect their employees’ job satisfaction and achievement levels that consequently increase organizations’ productivity-based gains.
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Key Findings & Data:Survey-based data sets were collected from a semi-randomized sample covering 307 employees from various departments of 34 private businesses operating in Turkey’ manufacturing sectors.
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Conclusion & Impact:The study underscores that, as a human resource management practice, employee training is an efficient way for businesses to accomplish their purposes
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Abstract

This study analyzes how the formal training services that companies offer affect their employees’ job satisfaction and achievement levels that consequently increase organizations’ productivity-based gains. Training is distinguished between organizational support for training, employee enthusiasm in training and employee satisfaction with training while achievement motivation and perceived job satisfaction respectively refer to direct and indirect contributions of training. Survey-based data sets were collected from a semi-randomized sample covering 307 employees from various departments of 34 private businesses operating in Turkey’ manufacturing sectors. Findings from regression analysis, strongly support the validity of ‘train to gain’ strategy that as businesses invest in employee training activities, their trained employees’ job satisfaction and achievement motivation levels increase. The study underscores that, as a human resource management practice, employee training is an efficient way for businesses to accomplish their purposes

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Bu çalışma, işletmelerin sunmuş olduğu mesleki eğitim hizmetlerinin, sonuçta işletmelerin verimlilik temelli kazançlarını artıran çalışan iş tatmini ve başarı seviyelerini nasıl etkilediğini analiz etmektedir. Mesleki eğitim; mesleki eğitime örgütsel destek, çalışanların mesleki eğitim isteği ve çalışanların mesleki eğitim tatmini ile temsil edilirken, başarı motivasyonu ve iş tatmini algısı, sırasıyla, mesleki eğitimin doğrudan ve dolaylı örgütsel katkılarını ifade etmektedir. Ankete dayalı veri setleri, Türkiye'nin imalat sektörlerinde faaliyet gösteren ve kısmitesadüfi olarak seçilmiş 34 özel işletmenin farklı birimlerindeki 307 çalışanı kapsayan bir örnekten elde edilmiştir. Regresyon analizi sonuçları, 'kazanmak için eğit' stratejisini güçlü bir biçimd e desteklemektedir. Buna göre, işletmeler çalışanlarına yönelik mesleki eğitim faaliyetlerine yatırım yaptıkça, mesleki -eğitimli çalışanların iş memnuniyeti ve başarı motivasyonu seviyeleri de artmaktadır. Çalışma, bir insan kaynakları yönetimi faaliyeti olan meslek i eğitimin, işletmelerin amaçlarını gerçek leştirmek için etk in bir araç olduğunu ortaya k oymak tadır

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DEMİRAL, Ö. (2017). EFFECTS OF TRAINING ON EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION AND ACHIEVEMENT: ‘TRAIN TO GAIN’ EVIDENCE FROM MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES IN TURKEY. Business and Management Studies: An International Journal, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 3, 765–785. https://ajindex.com/articles/351999

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