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dc.contributor.advisorCoetzee, J.C.
dc.contributor.authorKaston, T.V.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-13T13:26:24Z
dc.date.available2018-09-13T13:26:24Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8940-4890
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/30994
dc.descriptionMBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018en_US
dc.description.abstractThe research investigated the impact of formal education and training on employee performance. The mining sector, in particular the coal mining sector, is experiencing a shift in the composition of workforce from the dominance of the unskilled labour force towards the skilled worker. The transition is coming at the back drop of a changing technological environment, improvements of education and new safety level of expectation. A qualitative research method utilising semi-structured interviews with the aid of an interview guide were self-administered by the researcher to a purposively selected sample of eight (8) participants. The sample includes participants from across the operations of the mine from a single mine right from the shop floor up to senior management level. The research study found that formal education and training had more weight in benefiting employees on the job although it may not be easily visible to the employees. The research also concurred with studies that found a positive relationship between formal education and training and experience on employee performance. Investigating the impact of formal education and training on employee performance as well as that of on the job training was found to be situational to the particular job of the employee. It is recommended that both mine managers and trade unions have a role to play in creating an environment where formal education and training qualifications improves among miners in order to achieve employee performance and subsequently organisational performance.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNorth-West Universityen_US
dc.subjectFormal education and Trainingen_US
dc.subjectOn the job trainingen_US
dc.subjectEmployee performanceen_US
dc.subjectOrganisational performanceen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Mineral Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectliteracyen_US
dc.subjectilliteracyen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Labouren_US
dc.subjectMines Qualification Frameworken_US
dc.subjectOccupational Health and Safetyen_US
dc.subjectunskilled and skilled workersen_US
dc.subjectaccidents and incidentsen_US
dc.subjectSouth African Mining Industryen_US
dc.subjectMining Qualification Authorityen_US
dc.subjectHealth and Safetyen_US
dc.subjectTechnological adaptationen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the impact of formal education and training on employee performance in the coal mining industryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.thesistypeMastersen_US
dc.contributor.researchID10306498 - Coetzee, Johannes Cornelius (Supervisor)


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