Assessment Of The Impact Of Human Capital Development On Employees’ Performance In Nigerian Breweries Plc, (Kaduna)

• Lawal Elisha Omotunde

  Department of Vocational and Technical Studies, Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka- Kaduna, Nigeria

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• Nafisat Ahmed Salawu

  Department of Economics, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna, Nigeria

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• Moses Gosele Danpome

  Department of Economics, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna, Nigeria

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• Illah Barnabas Obaje

  Department of Economics, Kogi State University Anyigba, Nigeria

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• Oju Sunday Agboola

  Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, Abuja Nigeria

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This study was conducted with the broad objective of determining the impact of human capital development on employees’ job performance in Nigeria Breweries Plc., Kaduna adopting a descriptive survey research design and anchored on ‘human capital theory. The population of the study comprised of the entire employees (358) in the organization, while a total of 189 employees were selected into the sample of the study as respondents using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The study used primary quantitative data which were collected from the selected respondents using a questionnaire, while data analyses were carried out using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), and multiple regression analysis with the aid of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 25 (SPSS 25). Major findings of the study revealed that on-the-job training had significant positive impact on employees’ job performance in the organization, off-the-job training had insignificant positive impact on employees’ job performance in the, and advanced formal education had significant positive impact on employees’ job performance in the organization. Based on the major findings, the study concludes that human capital development has significant positive impact on employees’ job performance in Nigeria Breweries Plc., Kaduna. It therefore, recommends among other suggestions that, management of the organization should endeavour to grant highest priority to on-the-job trainings in order to further enhance the job performance of both new and old employees in the organization.

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