OGUNSANWO, A.O and OYELEKAN, A.A (2017) HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE COMPETENCY AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF OF NIGERIAN POLYTECHNICS. In: Mass Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) Conference, May, 2017, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro Ogun State, Nigeria..
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This study empirically examines the contribution of human capital development effort towards ensuring employees’ competency in Nigerian TertiaryInstitutions. In carrying out this study, three hypotheses were formulated and a questionnaire tagged Human Capital andEmployees’ Competency Scale was used to conduct the survey. Systematic random sampling method was employed to select 300 academic staff of Federal Polytechnics in the south-west states being the institutions from the study area (South-West, Nigeria). Data collected was analyzed with multiple linear regression with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The result revealed a strong correlation among employees’ competency and the variables used as proxy for Human Capital Development (HCD) efforts - human capital development, human capital investments and elimination of hindrances to human capital development. It was concluded that human capital development activities contribute significantly to the competence of academic personnel as the variation in employees’ competency is influenced by the combination of human capital development policies, investment on human capital development and elimination of hindrances to human capital development. It wasrecommended that government, management of educational institutions, employers of labour should adopt policies and practices that will improve the competencies of their employees’
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HF Commerce H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management |
| Depositing User: | Miss Ayomikun Ogunbadejo |
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2020 13:18 |
| Last Modified: | 30 May 2020 13:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/177 |
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