Human Resource Development Practices and Employee Performance at Cape Coast Technical University

Abstract

The study analysed the effect of human resource development practices on employee performance at the Cape Coast Technical University. Other issues including assessment of the various human resource development practices and the challenges associated with employee performance were also addressed. To achieve the research’s goal, this study adopted the quantitative approach, descriptive design and structured questionnaire. A valid data of 113 were retrieved from 121 administrative and teaching staff of the university. The IBM SPSS Statistics software version 26 was employed to process the data and subsequently analysed with descriptive (i.e., mean and standard deviation) and inferential (i.e., linear regression) tools. The study found work family balance as the most important human resource development practice adopted at CCTU. Also, human resource development practices were found to significantly, positively and moderately affect employee performance at the university. It was recommended that management of CCTU should pay immense attention to human resource development practices in order to ensure constant improvement in workers’ performance at CCTU.