HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN SELECTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KOGI EAST, KOGI STATE.

Umar, Kadiri (Phd)

ABSTRACT

This paper examined the impacts of human capital management on employee’s performance of academic staff of selected tertiary institutions in Kogi East, Kogi State. The survey research method was used to gather information and data from primary sources. A structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 699 respondents selected from a population of 2795.The hypotheses was tested using Pearson correlation coefficient. It was found that training and development has positive correlation coefficient (0.556) with a p-value of (0.000) showing a strong statistically significant relationship with performance of academic staff in selected tertiary institution in Kogi East, Kogi State.  The study concluded that human capital management activities play a very pivotal role in organisations through training and development of staff in order to improve employee’s requisites skills and knowledge to perform work in organizations. The study recommended that Government should try to increase budgetary allocation to educational sector to fund training and development of academic staff in Nigeria tertiary institutions.

Keywords: Human capital management, training and development, human capital, skills and knowledge development, economic growth.