Training and Development Climate and Administrative Employees' Productivity in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Balwant, Paul Tristen; Mohammed, Rebecca; Singh, Riann
Titel	Training and Development Climate and Administrative Employees' Productivity in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 14 (2022) 1, S.77-91 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Balwant, Paul Tristen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2050-7003
DOI	10.1108/JARHE-08-2020-0268
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Productivity; Higher Education; Administrators; Organizational Climate; Training; Professional Development; Supervisor Supervisee Relationship; Learning Motivation; Trinidad and Tobago + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Produktivität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Organisationsklima; Ausbildung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Trinidad und Tobago
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to investigate mediating mechanisms in the relationship between the training and development climate at higher education institutions and administrative employees' productivity. Organizational identification theory and the job demands-resources model are used to investigate supervisor support, employees' motivation to learn and employee engagement as mediators. Design/methodology/approach: Survey research was used to collect data from 289 administrative staff members employed at five higher education institutions in Trinidad and Tobago. Findings: The findings supported the hypothesized mediating role of supervisor support, employees' motivation to learn and employee engagement in the relationship between organizations' training and development climate and employee productivity. Social implications: Productivity is a major problem in Trinidad and Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago's higher education sector, productivity deficiencies are particularly problematic because of the gradual reduction in government subsidies. Therefore, higher education institutions must improve productivity, particularly administrative employees' productivity, in order to compete with local and international tertiary education institutions. This study contributes to Trinidad and Tobago's society by showing the importance of both a positive training and development climate and supervisor support to influence administrative employees' affective states and productivity in tertiary education institutions. Originality/value: This study adds to existing research on training and development and employee productivity by introducing novel and theoretically sound mediators to clarify how the relationship between a higher education institution's training and development climate and its administrative employees' productivity unfolds. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01