EFFECTS OF TRAINING WORKSHOPS ON WORKER MOTIVATIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY BY ACADEMICS – A CASE OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT

Abstract

The purpose is to examine the effect of “motivation” which plays an important role in institutions of Labor force productivity in an industrial entity. It is also aimed at providing a contribution to recent studies by examining its effects on productivity as well as knowledge and skill gain due to periodical training seminars and those on expectations and behaviors of employees. Important targets of such training include personal development and increase in labor force productivity. In this sense, the study examined the productivity aspect of training seminars in an integral frame (motivation, wage, social relations, training, and communication) and whether such aspects exhibit differences in terms of gender, marital status, educational status, department, job title, and age. This study in which contribution of training seminars provided in the entity on the development of personal behavior was conducted with the participation of a study group of 186 persons with various job titles. Effect of training seminars provided by Adiyaman University members on labor force effectiveness and development of personal behavior and factors affecting such process have been examined. A scale composed of 58 questions has been developed for the motivation and productivity fields, and determination of employee’s expectations and opinions. The industrial entity which is engaged in manufacturing activities employs 400 persons. According to SPSS during processing the questionnaires. The questionnaire form was composed of two parts which are: The demographical structure of the employees was classified according to opinions and expectations of the employees about wage, motivation, social relations, training, and productivity.