{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2341024367","doi":null,"title":"TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT: A TOOL FOR EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES IN GHANA","display_name":"TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT: A TOOL FOR EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES IN GHANA","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2341024367","mag":"2341024367"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:2341024367","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://www.ijern.com/journal/May-2014/42.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010647269","display_name":"Francis Boadu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7029-2828","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7029-2828"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Francis Boadu","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7029-2828","affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5022149553","display_name":"Elizabeth Dwomo-Fokuo","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Elizabeth Dwomo-Fokuo","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073342029","display_name":"Joseph Kofi Boakye","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Joseph Kofi Boakye","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011056140","display_name":"Collins Owusu Kwaning","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-2733","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-2733"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Collins Owusu Kwaning","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-2733","affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.1195,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":37,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91601671,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11994","display_name":"Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation","score":0.9911999702453613,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3202","display_name":"Applied Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11994","display_name":"Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation","score":0.9911999702453613,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3202","display_name":"Applied Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14309","display_name":"Employee Performance and Management","score":0.008700000122189522,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3307","display_name":"Human Factors and Ergonomics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12687","display_name":"Public Administration in Developing Nations","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-training","display_name":"employee training","score":0.9670000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-performance","display_name":"employee performance","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-satisfaction","display_name":"job satisfaction","score":0.8259999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-sector-human-resource-management","display_name":"public sector human resource management","score":0.9169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/district-assemblies","display_name":"district assemblies","score":0.9449999928474426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/training-challenges","display_name":"training problems","score":0.5820000171661377}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777132934","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348960","display_name":"Training and development","level":2,"score":0.6595045328140259},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777211547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17141490","display_name":"Training (meteorology)","level":2,"score":0.645163357257843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158739034","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1907114","display_name":"Metropolitan area","level":2,"score":0.6419797539710999},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2993788525","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348960","display_name":"Employee development","level":2,"score":0.5648953914642334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2718322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629463","display_name":"Job satisfaction","level":2,"score":0.527294397354126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202372285","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056396","display_name":"Human resource management","level":2,"score":0.4946880042552948},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2988483808","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191701","display_name":"Management training","level":2,"score":0.4804506003856659},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198531522","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485146","display_name":"Sample (material)","level":2,"score":0.4737195372581482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107645774","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5467169","display_name":"Human resources","level":2,"score":0.4663141667842865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.46062320470809937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.45151591300964355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777247013","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5038939","display_name":"Career development","level":2,"score":0.4325104355812073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.3394702076911926},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.293018102645874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.25627923011779785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.24001309275627136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.1563081443309784},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.126580148935318},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.1175391674041748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.10726505517959595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153294291","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25261","display_name":"Meteorology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C43617362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170050","display_name":"Chromatography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:2341024367","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://www.ijern.com/journal/May-2014/42.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","score":0.833299994468689,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth"},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.5,"display_name":"Quality education"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","score":0.6600000262260437,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":13,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W8279926","https://openalex.org/W1500708557","https://openalex.org/W1517183945","https://openalex.org/W1598869292","https://openalex.org/W1983503413","https://openalex.org/W2053183292","https://openalex.org/W2070181335","https://openalex.org/W2073835408","https://openalex.org/W2102776731","https://openalex.org/W2107859220","https://openalex.org/W2126129326","https://openalex.org/W2153314884","https://openalex.org/W2757975674"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7100931738","https://openalex.org/W2132309184","https://openalex.org/W2213286241","https://openalex.org/W6931743158","https://openalex.org/W3160608571","https://openalex.org/W3001518170","https://openalex.org/W6920418680","https://openalex.org/W2896817839","https://openalex.org/W2119766902","https://openalex.org/W4415674196"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Training":[0],"and":[1,17,49,84,86,109,111,129,136,154],"development":[2,50,85,110,137,155],"activities":[3],"are":[4],"a":[5,52,64],"crucial":[6],"exercise":[7],"in":[8,20,57,61],"any":[9],"organisational":[10],"set-up.":[11],"It":[12],"has":[13,35],"attracted":[14],"intense":[15],"debate":[16],"scholarly":[18],"attention":[19],"the":[21,27,58,77,96,99,124,148],"human":[22],"resource":[23],"management":[24,128],"arena":[25],"over":[26],"years.":[28],"However,":[29],"its":[30],"application":[31],"to":[32,42,151],"public":[33],"sector":[34],"received":[36],"little":[37],"attention.":[38],"This":[39],"paper":[40],"attempts":[41],"rectify":[43],"this":[44],"position":[45],"by":[46],"considering":[47],"training":[48,83,108,135,153],"as":[51],"tool":[53],"for":[54],"employee":[55,87],"performance":[56,88],"district":[59],"assemblies":[60],"Ghana.":[62],"In":[63],"sample":[65],"of":[66,73],"fifty":[67],"(50)":[68],"full":[69],"time":[70,149],"staff":[71],"members":[72],"Kumasi":[74],"Metropolitan":[75],"Assembly,":[76],"research":[78],"revealed":[79,126],"direct":[80],"relationship":[81,105],"between":[82,107],"(r":[89,114],"=":[90,93],"0.3347,":[91],"p":[92,120],"0.030).":[94],"Also":[95],"results":[97],"from":[98],"data":[100],"analysis":[101],"indicated":[102],"that":[103,127],"significant":[104],"exist":[106],"job":[112],"satisfaction":[113],"value":[115,121],"(0.3338)":[116],"is":[117],"greater":[118],"than":[119],"(0.0307)).":[122],"Finally,":[123],"study":[125],"employees":[130],"faced":[131],"peculiar":[132],"problems":[133],"during":[134],"exercises.":[138],"Management":[139],"complained":[140],"about":[141,147],"funds":[142],"whilst":[143],"employees\u2019":[144],"expresses":[145],"concern":[146],"allotted":[150],"various":[152],"programmes.":[156]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-12T09:40:04.860316","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}