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Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference © 2011 IAABD
Knowledge of training and development comprised of 16 items and were measured using a mixture of
four and five-point scale rating instrument and measures using closed and open-ended answers.
To show the correlation between independent variables (training and development) and dependent
variables (employee performance), we used Spearman’s correlations to test for their strength of relations.
The Pearson Chi-square was also employed in analyzing and testing the significant association and crosstabulations
of the variables.
Data Analysis
The data collected for this study were analyzed using SPSS to provide descriptive and graphical analyses,
count data, Spearman’s correlation, the chi-square test, and cross tabulations of the test variables. The
premise for the validity and consistency of this study is the calculation of the P-value. The p-value is the
probability that a sample drawn from a population is tested given that the assumptions proposed by the
study are true.
Empirical results and findings
Relationship between Training and Performance
The objective of the study is to explore the relationship between T&D and Bank performance. We
therefore used the Spearman’s rho correlation to test the strength of the two constant variables (T&D and
Performance). From the Table 2 below, analysis of the results showed that there is a positive correlation
between T&D of employees and Bank performance as the Spearman rho value (.41) is positive. To further
determine the strength of the relationship between the two variables, the results showed again that a
correlation of r=1.0 indicates a perfect correlation and greater strength. The results also showed a strong
level of statistical significance of the correlation between T&D and performance at a probability value of
.000 which is by far less than .50.
Following these results, our hypothesis (H1) which states that: There is a correlation between the Training
of Bank staff and improved work performance in the Banks is significantly accepted and the null
hypothesis rejected.
Table 2: Spearman’s rho Correlation
Spearman's rho Relevance of Training Correlation Coefficient 1.000
courses to current Job
.411
Schedules
**
Sig. (2-tailed) . .000
N 99 99
Job Performance of Correlation Coefficient .411
majority of trained
employees
** 1.000
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Relationship between Staff Development and Performance
N 99 99
452