Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Submitted to:
Mam Fizza Rizvi
Submitted by:
Sittara tanveer
Roll # M20MBA083
MBA 2 Years
Section A (Morning)
Semester 1
Abstract:
Purpose – To determine the effect of online training on job performance. It proposes work
environment, job satisfaction and work motivation as mediating variables, and answers how
work from-home affects employee performance through them.
Design/methodology/approach: an expected 71 valid respondents who answered the
questionnaire came from employees, which were obtained from online social media. The data
were tested for validity and reliability with SPSS 25.0 software, then the model was analyzed
using Structural Equation Model (SEM) SPSS 25.0.
Findings - Based on statistical data processing it is known that working from home employees
experience greater work motivation so that it can improve job performance, but it has no
relationship with job satisfaction and work environment.
Practical implications – The study has implications for business practitioner who intend to
measure the effectiveness of their work-from-home policies. This is especially pertinent during
the Work from Home policy. The original contribution of this study lies within its questionnaire
that has been attuned to changes caused by Work from Home policy.
Originality/value - This paper offers an important contribution on how the perception of work
from home implication to job performance in human resources management academic.
Paper type - Research proposal
Keywords: employee training, employee performance, business growth
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
There is no doubt that organizations are focusing more on employee performance for success.in
order to utilize human resource effectively. Organizations emphasize on their human resources to
keep them up to date based on environmental changes, technology and competition. In so doing
organizations tend to focused on managers to pay special attention on human assets to attain
organizational goals and objectives. Now a day due to covid-19 online training are offer.
Organizations try to capture turbulent dynamic market, they strongly focus on human capital in
order to get financial solvency and competitive advantage. The success of organizations depends
on employee skill, knowledge and attitude
The primary purpose of the study is to find out the relationship of an innovative framework for
online training based on current scenarios and find out the effect they produce on employee
performance and business growth in future. In recent years, the literature is increasingly more
focused on online internships and their value to students in different disciplines (Bayerlein, 2015,
DeWitt & Rogers, 2009, Goldsmith & Martin, 2009, Kruse, Harlos, Callahan, & Herring, 2013,
Pike, 2015, Weible & McClure, 2015). However, those internships took place online and had
little in the way of a brick and filling component of practice. workplace environments.
Institutions of higher learning continuously search for ways to improve the overall experience of
an education that does not have a face-to-face component. An effective internship will teach
students to apply knowledge and skills in real-world settings and thus increase their employment
opportunities after graduation. The literature on the benefits students gain after a real-life
experience, whether it was called an internship, an externship, community project, or field
experience, shows it gave them an advantage (Daugherty, 2011, Knouse & Fontenot, 2008,
Weible & McClure, 2015). One challenge for an internship that is conducted on the ground and
integrated with an online academic program is the need to connect the student with the employer
organization.
Present associations are confronting broad rivalry, consistently changing innovative and business
climate. Globalization and truly changing client needs have included more difficulties on
business associations. To address these difficulties associations should prepare and foster their
workers. As indicated by current associations should manage preparing requires connected up
with modifying and developing internationalization of industry, different public perspective and
a changed labor force. So for this reason people are set up with the correct kind of aptitudes, data
and abilities to complete their distributed obligations and consequently preparing is considered to
enormously affect authoritative effectiveness. It is likewise seen that more cost in preparing has
prompted greater efficiency. according to ivancevich (2010), training and development is an
important core function that provides skills, information and understanding of the organization
and its goals to employees. Cole (1997) defines the list of factors that affects the quantity and
quality of training activities are as follows: That the degree of change in the external
environment e. g. Technology, legislation and so on has influence on training and development.
Training emphasizes on internal change e. g. New markets, new processes, new competitor’s
Suitable knowledge, skills and attitude within the existing workforce 4. Training focuses on
adaptability of existing workforce 5. The commitment of senior management to training as an
essential part of economic success 6. The extent to which the organization supports the idea of
internal career development 7. The extent to which management sees training as a motivating
factor in work and finally. Training is a type of activity which is planned, systematic and it
results in enhanced level of skill, knowledge and competency that are necessary to perform work
effectively (Gordon 1992). Development is a broad ongoing multi-faceted set of activities
(training activities among them) aimed at bringing someone or an organization up to another
threshold of performance, often to perform some job or a new role in the future (McNamara
2008). Employee performance is defined as the outcome or contribution of employees to make
them attain goals (Herbert, John & Lee 2000) while performance may be used to define what an
organization has accomplished with respect to the process, results, relevance and success Uganda
National Development Program (1995). Afshan et al. (2012) define performance as the
achievement of specific tasks measured against predetermined or identified standards of
accuracy, completeness, cost and speed. Employee performance can be manifested in
improvement in production, easiness in using the new technology, highly motivated workers.
In order to succeed. Organizations have to obtain and utilize human resources effectively
Organizations, therefore, need to design its human resource management in ways that fit into the
organization’s structure as this it will make the organizations achieve their goals and objectives.
Moreover, it is also important for organization to assist their workforce in obtaining the
necessary skills needed and, increase commitment. The general consensus is that learning the ins
and outs of an industry virtually, using contemporary internship methods, strengthens the
students’ expertise and better prepares them for future workplace environments. Institutions of
higher learning continuously search for ways to improve the overall experience of an education
that does not have a face-to-face component. An effective internship will teach students to apply
knowledge and skills in real-world settings and thus increase their employment opportunities
after graduation. The literature on the benefits students gain after a real-life experience, whether
it was called an internship, an externship, community project, or field experience, shows it gave
them an advantage (Daugherty, 2011, Knouse & Fontenot, 2008, Weible & McClure, 2015). One
challenge for an internship that is conducted on the ground and integrated with a virtual
academic program is the need to connect the student with the employer organization. We are
living in the earlier stage of twenty-first century in a global world. In under developing countries
like Pakistan, education system is still in improvement process. Here, although teachers are
facilitated, they are not directed to enhance practical knowledge of their students with conceptual
knowledge during a course program. Inappropriate teaching methodology may be one of the
reasons due to which students find it difficult to implement conceptual knowledge in solving
their daily lives problems. This problem can be solved with the help of online internship
programs. In Pakistan, it is supposed the online internship programs would be beneficial and
helpful to improve the performance of the faculty members and to enhance the workplace
experience of the students during the course work of their degrees.
organizations are updating their employee’s performance, knowledge, skills and attitude due to
changes in political, economic and technological advancement (Evans, puck & barsoux 2002,
32) that’s why it is very important for an organization to train their employees so they can adapt
changing environment easily. Training put greater impact on employee performance and make
employees knowledgeable so it is the primary concern for any organization to increase job
performance of the employees, employees are the asset for every organization therefore they are
trained to achieve organizational goals and objectives. employees are intellectual property for an
organization (houger 2006), so managers ensure that they are being provided adequate training
so their competencies and skills will be increased and training is the best way to developed
employee’s behavior and knowledge towards their job. When organization hires a new employee
he or she is not familiar to the relevant knowledge skills and culture of an organization they need
training to know about their tasks, assignments and how to interact with customer, organizational
policies and procedure. Training is also important for an existing employee for updating their
competencies. Training helps to redirect the current employees, if organization puts greater
concentration on training programs the knowledge, skills, attitude and interest automatically
changes when the environment changes so it puts positive impact. Organizations provide
transferrable skills by training in this way employees adapt change and be ready for future
change.
Problem statement
The world of education and learning is moving towards online training. The benefits are
undeniable: reduced costs, great flexibility for the owners and the ability to train thousands of
people all over the globe at the same time. The people in your organization come from different
backgrounds and have unique experiences. As such, your online training program shouldn’t take
a one-size-fits-all approach by offering everyone the same online training activities and support
tools. feedback gives employees insight on what they are good at and what can be improved.
The LMS itself should be structured to provide corporate learners with feedback so they know
where they stand. They use complicated E-Learning software and have lack of motivation.
Rewarding your learners is just as important as getting their feedback. And due to these factors
we will find out if we make our online training successful then productivity and business
growth will increase or not, because lack of motivation is one of the reason to reduce growth
and employee performance
Gap identified
Previously many researchers who have conducted the study was based only on effect training
employees in organization but due to current situation everything has gone online and nothing
has done yet to check the effectivity of online based training on business growth and employee
performance
Research questions
Is there relationship exist between online training and employee performance?
Is there relationship exist between online training business growth?
What key internal and external factors influence the impact of online training?
Research objectives
Through the relevant review of different studies, reports, journals and books, on the topic under
consideration following objectives could be drawn
Investigate the meaning and importance of online training.
To identify the significance of employee performance through online trainings.
To explore the relationship between online Training and business growth.
To develop guideline for assessing the employee performance
Dependent variable:
The dependent variable of this research is employee performance and business growth
which depends upon training of employees. Literature review also reveals that
performance and business growth are independent variable and it is enhanced by
Providing effective training
Independent variable:
The independent variable of this research is online training. Literature review
recommends that Training of employees have a greater impact on the performance of
employees but online training have not much greater impact on performance as well as
business growth. There is indirect Relationship between online training and performance
as well as on business growth i.e. Training enhances the performance.
Online Training
Noe, (2001) says that organizations that embrace training and development practices are able to
retain their customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders in the long run
as they are deemed more trustworthy and better custodians of the interests of the various
stakeholders. This translates into better financial performance for the business. Myles (2002),
states that a company that seeks to train and develop its employees well and reward them for
their performance has its employees in turn are motivated and thus are more likely to engage in
their work hence improving their performance and loyalty to their company. These same
employees being the point of contact with customers will provide better service, leading to more
repeat business and more referrals from the satisfied customers. The increase in sales through
repeat business and referrals will translate into an increase in business profits thus improving
shareholders ‘investment. The shareholders are therefore benefiting from the increased returns on
their investment and may choose to increase their investment into the business. This example
illustrates the ‗virtuous circle ‘as described by Lick (1996) where there is a reciprocal
relationship between training and development and performance. 14 Learner (1986), conducted
an eleven-year study and found that organizations with cultures that emphasized training and
development and ethical values in every area with regards to employees, customers and
stakeholders, as well as leadership from managers, outperformed companies that did not have
this cultural characteristic by a huge margin. Seligman (1978) stated that where values are
clarified and shared, productivity and job satisfaction increase. The argument that trainings
highly influences on employee performance has been confirmed by previous research (Loan, L.,
2020; Guzmán, S. A. et al., 2018; Gul, H., et al., 2018; Khan et al., 2016). If the purpose online
trainings are not achieved, then employee performance will be poor, as their productivity will be
negatively affected. On the contrary, satisfied employees are motivated to perform their duties to
the best degree possible.
MEDIATING EFFECT
WORK ENVIROMENT:
Previous studies suggest that telecommuting positively affects work environment and is
considered the most relevant literature to form a hypothesis for this research. Researchers argued
that working from home can create a more flexible work environment because employees feel
free to arrange their own work schedule and workplace environment (Baltes et al., 1999; Allen,
Golden & Shockley, 2015). Their personal needs and taste can be fulfilled because they can
customize their own working area according to their personality (Gajendran & Harrison, 2007;
Easton, S., & Van Laar, D., 2018)
Previous studies suggest that telecommuting positively affects work environment and is
considered the most relevant literature to form a hypothesis for this research. Researchers argued
that working from home can create a more flexible work environment because employees feel
free to arrange their own work schedule and workplace environment (Baltes et al., 1999; Allen,
Golden & Shockley, 2015). Their personal needs and taste can be fulfilled because they can
customize their own working area according to their personality (Gajendran & Harrison, 2007;
Easton, S., & Van Laar, D., 2018)
The argument that work motivation highly influences employee performance has been confirmed
by previous research (Loan, L., 2020; Guzmán, S. A. et al., 2018; Gul, H., et al., 2018; Khan et
al., 2016). If work motivation is not achieved, then employee performance will be poor, as their
productivity will be negatively affected. On the contrary, satisfied employees are motivated to
perform their duties to the best degree possible.
H3: Online training has positive and significant effect on employee performance with
mediating effect of work environment
H4: Online training has positive and significant effect on business growth with mediating
effect of work environment
WORK MOTIVATION:
It is an effective choice to enhance employees’ performance by increasing their motivation with respect to
both personal and organizational goals (Steinbauer, R. Et al., 2018). The increase in work motivation of
employees is an influential factor in increasing work efficiency and productivity, which is widely
understood as a characteristic of good job performance (Breaugh, J., 2018). The positive contribution of
work motivation to job performance has also been suggested by Al-Mansoori, S. S. (2018) and Riyadi, S.
(2020), who previously conducted research to examine the effect of work environment and work
motivation on performance. He further suggested that job satisfaction mediates the effect of work
motivation and environment on job performance. Organizational goals have a higher chance of being
achieved when employees are highly motivated to do their job. Therefore, companies should pay close
attention to it.It is an effective choice to enhance employees’ performance by increasing their
motivation with respect to both personal and organizational goals (Steinbauer, R. Et al., 2018).
The increase in work motivation of employees is an influential factor in increasing work
efficiency and productivity, which is widely understood as a characteristic of good job
performance (Breaugh, J., 2018). The positive contribution of work motivation to job
performance has also been suggested by Al-Mansoori, S. S. (2018) and Riyadi, S. (2020), who
previously conducted research to examine the effect of work environment and work motivation
on performance. He further suggested that job satisfaction mediates the effect of work motivation
and environment on job performance. Organizational goals have a higher chance of being
achieved when employees are highly motivated to do their job. Therefore, companies should pay
close attention to it.
H5: Online training has positive and significant effect on employee performance with
mediating effect of work motivation
H6: Online training has positive and significant effect on business growth with mediating
effect of work motivation
Conceptual Framework
Work environment
(MV)
Employee
Online trainings performance/bus
iness growth
(IDV)
(DV)
Work motivation
(MV)
Empirical Review:
Independent Variable Mediating variable Dependent Variable Expected Effect
The framework of this study is based on the relationships of the independent variable online
training and the dependent variable employee performance, business growth with mediating
effect of work environment and work motivation. To study or to find out the relationship
between these variables SEM analysis is used
METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents a description of the methodology that is employed in the study. It spells out
the techniques and methods of sampling, data collection, processing, analysis, and the area in
which the study is carried out. The chapter also highlights the limitations and problems
encountered while collecting data
Research Design
In order to answer the study questions, this study will adopt the qualitative research approach. In
this kind of a research, unstructured and semi-structured interviews and questionnaires can be
used. Qualitative research helps to obtain the insights about the phenomena in question and is
flexible in the sense that it helps in identifying the missing part of what is unknown or partially
known. Further still, qualitative research is said to be more relevant in the context of discovery
and thus be able to get access to what was never known before. However, if the research problem
is not well understood, there is a possibility that the researcher will be overwhelmed by data due
to unnecessary data collection. This will make the analytical part of research more difficult.
MEASURES:
All responses were measured by using six-point Likert-type scales ranging from 1 (strongly
disagree) to 6 (strongly agree). This expected scale had Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.6 to 0.7 in
the study. As a measuring tool for the variables above, an identification code is made for each
indicator, and it is measured by a 6-point Likert scale, namely: 1 = Strongly Disagree 2 =
Disagree 3 = Slightly Disagree 4 = Slightly Agree 5 = Agree 6 = Strongly Agree
Expected results:
To ensure that the questionnaire was applied to this study expected total respondent are 100 and
total of expected 71 participants provided correct feedback on the online questionnaire, the
characteristics of the respondents are
Gender:
Demographics characteristics will be looking at the various categories into which the
respondents are classified. This included gender, job position, education levels and years of
service.
Respondent formed the majority of the target population with a total of 54% while 46% of the
respondents were males out of the 100 respondents, the majority 54 respondents representing
54% were female while 46 respondents representing 46% were males. The results have also been
represented
Qualification
The expected qualification wise participants from among 87 graduates (60.0%) and 13 post-
graduates (40.0%), this means that graduates dominated the proceedings with substantiate
margin.
Reliability analysis were conducted using SPSS. Then the methods of structural equation
modeling (SEM) were chosen to analyze the data. The type of data analysis has been widely
applied in various fields (Su and Yang, 2010). Compared with other methods, the greatest
advantage of SEM is the ability to simultaneously measure the relationship between potential
variables in the case of errors (Hair, 2006). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
software was used to find Cronbach’s Alpha reliability analysis and factor analysis. The
reliability of the all constructs is satisfied when Cronbach’s ‘α’ coefficient is over 0.7 for all the
constructs (Nunnally, 1978)
Conclusion:
This study is to analyze the effect of online training on employee performance and business
growth. The results of the analysis show that online training has greatly affects the work
environment, work motivation and employee performance and business growth. Work
motivation positively affects employee performance when training from home. However, work
environment and business growth non-significance to job performance when training from home.
Finally, this study proves the positive relationship of “online training” with the “employee
performance” and positive implication to “work motivation”. This study is focused on an online
random survey of employees, so that future researchers can investigate by conducting interviews
with companies that implement a permanent work from home policy. The recording and
recognition of employee proposals for being more satisfied is another future subject of research
arising from this study.
Findings of the study reveal that online training able to improve job performance. This policy not
be able to continue into a permanent policy; it is not very positive in contributing to business
growth However, the work environment will be improved employed somehow motivated
somehow not motivated because a long taking in zoom apps or others sites employee will be
distracted only listening power of all the peoples in not good. due to this such as improving
infrastructure and facilities needed for employees related to training from home or work from
home.
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