Mediating effect of employees’ commitment on the nexus between trainingdevelopment and employees’ performance: A study of tertiary educational institutions

Abstract

The progress of the performance of any organization is greatly influenced by employee commitment. This study investigates the impact of training and development on employees’ performance in tertiary educational institutions using mediating effect of employees’ commitment. The population of the study will be all permanent the staff, which drawn from four universities in Kano state. Thus, the population of the study is 3167 staff drawn from all sections and departments of the schools as at month end June, 2022. Furthermore, to narrow the focus of the study on smaller fraction of the population of the study, the sample size of the study will be 498 employees. This study used Partial Least Squares (PLS) Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and test the formulated hypotheses, as well as a mediating effect test. training and development were found to be positively and significantly influenced by Employee performance, as well as employee commitment. Employee commitment found to mediate the impact of training and development on employee performance. Based on these findings, theoretical and practical implications, as well as future research suggestions, were presented.