Examining The Impact of Training and Development Practices On Employee Performance: A Case of Saudi SME Sector
Albadi, Aseel
Albadi, Aseel
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Training is essential for the competitive and tough corporate environment in this era of globalization. There is still a lack of comprehensive training for specific job categories in Saudi Arabia. The research aims at establishing a relationship between the employee training and development programs and employee performance in Saudi Arabia. The current study is a cross – sectional study and a Quantitative Methodology was used. A Sample of 70 corporate respondents were selected from the office employees of Saudi Arabia. The research survey was developed using google forms and graphical analysis was used to determine the results. The findings of this study displayed that, there is a positive relationship between conducting training program and employee’s performance and the overall productivity of the company. This has led to improved performance of employees as well as higher productivity because employee training and development can result in overall customer satisfaction. The findings also showed that, employee performance is positively impacted by training and development because training and development changes employee skills, knowledge and attitude, increases job satisfaction, and effect the employees positively to perform better.