GREEN TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY IN SEAMAN MINING AND CONSTRUCTION LIMITED NNOBI, ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

The issue of green training policy is paramount to organizational growth and environmental sustainability. Green human resource management is a set of strategies adopted by human resources management personnel to introduce eco-friendly, and implement organizational green policy among employees. This study therefore, focused on the effect of green training on employee productivity in Seaman Mining and Construction Limited Nnobi, Anambra State Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 580 employees of Seaman Mining. A simple random sampling techniques was adopted. Borg and Gall (1973) was used to determine the sample size at 112. Data was gathered through used of structured questionnaire. The hypotheses were tested using Pearson Moment Co-efficient Correlation with the aid of SPSS version 25. The study findings revealed that there is a moderate positive significant relationship between green training need assessment and employee engagement in Seaman mining and Construction Company Nnobi Anambra state Nigeria. Also, there is a strong positive significant relationship between green training method and employee commitment in Seaman mining and Construction Company Nnobi Anambra state Nigeria. The study concluded that green training has significant influence on employee productivity, as business sustainability can only be guarantee when the business environment is properly protected from environmental threat and degradation. The study therefore, recommended that the management should engage the employees’ in their green training need assessment so as to ensure proper alignment between the employee and corporate green training needs, as that will enable the corporate to know the area of training that will be given utmost priority. Furthermore, the need to propel the employees’ attend green training workshop, seminar and conferences which will be part of the organization obligation in ensuring absolute employees’ commitment towards green practice.