MEDIATING EFFECT OF CO-WORKER SUPPORT IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS AND EMPLOYEE JOB PERFORMANCE
Ibrahim Ahmed*; Abdu Ja’afaru Bambale** & Ibrahim Garba Muhammad***
Department of Business Administration, Gombe State University, Gombe State-Nigeria
Department of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship, Bayero University, Kano
Email: ibrahmedukh@yahoo.com; ajbambale.bus@buk.edu.ng; ibrahimgeem@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study assesses the mediating effect of co-worker support on the relationship between training effectiveness and employee performance. One hundred and thirty-three literatures were reviewed related to the variables in the topic authored with consistent findings. While this study selected different factors that led to training effectiveness pioneered by previous authors in the same field, the selected determinants of training effectiveness revealed a strong and positive relationship to the co-worker support- the mediator variable and the employee performance- the outcome variable. Hence the conclusion that training effectiveness has significant relationship with co-worker support and employee performance. Based on the findings therefore, the study recommended that, the management should provide quality training facilities, ensure effective transfer of training, encourage training motivation of employees and make efforts to reduce factors that leads to emotional problems at workplace.
Keywords: Training, Effectiveness, Co-worker, Employee, Performance.
