Dr Glory Emmanuel Edoho, Dr Godwin B. Ushie, Fidelis Ashiekong Ukpanukpong & Nkanga Itorobong Inem
Abstract
This study examines influence of training workers on staff’s output in companies in Calabar Municipality of Cross River State. It was guided by two research questions and hypotheses. The study employed survey design. The population of the study comprised of 502 junior workers from twenty companies in Calabar municipality. A sample of 301 was drawn through stepwise sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was Staff Training and Productivity Scale (STPS) designed by the researchers and validated by two experts from both the Departments of Continuing Education and Development Studies and Measurement and Evaluation. Data collected was analyzed using linear regression. The findings from the study revealed that all the sub-variables of staff training, including on-the job, and off-the job training, significantly relate to staffs’ productivity in the companies under investigation. It was therefore recommended among others that companies in Cross River State should collaborate with government to bring about policies that will give room for skill acquisition while on the job, in order to foster capacity development and provide frequent turn over on the side of the companies.