WORKPLACE LEARNING AS CORRELATE OF STAFF PRODUCTIVITY AND PROMOTION IN OSUN STATE CIVIL SERVICE CORPORATION

Abstract

The study examined workplace learning as correlate of staff productivity and promotion in Osun State Civil Service Corporation. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between workplace learning and staff productivity and between workplace learning and staff promotion in Osun State civil service. The descriptive research design of the survey type was adopted in this study. The population for this study consisted of 1,467 core civil servants in Osun State Civil Service Corporation. The sample for the study consisted of 150civil servants drawn from 5 Ministries in Osun State Civil Service Corporation. The sample was selected using multistage sampling procedure. Two self-designed research instruments tagged Workplace Learning Questionnaire (WLQ) and Staff Productivity and Promotion Questionnaire (SPPQ) were used to collect relevant data for the study. The face and content validity of the instruments were determined by experts of Test and Measurements. The reliability of the instrument was established using test re-test method which yielded co-efficient values of0.81 for WLQ and 0.73 for SPPQ. The responses obtained were analyzed using inferential statistics of Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that workplace learning is related to staff productivity with a correlation co-efficient value of 0.743 while workplace learning has no relationship with staff promotion (r = 0.103). Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that the government should make adequate budget for workplace learning and also incorporate the culture into her corporations' management which could be through coaching, professional discussions, meetings, reflective practice, supervising, collaboration and mentoring.