Impact of Employee Training on Employee Job Satisfaction and Achievement: A Case of Turkish Manufacturing Industry

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.

Keywords: Employee Training, Job Satisfaction, Achievement, Train to Gain Strategy, Turkey

JEL Classification: L,M