scholarly journals Relationship between Human Capital Investment and Employees’ Work Efficiency in ATAP Bauchi: The Relevance of TETFund Interventions

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Hashim Sabo Bello

As it is an established fact that, no nation or organization develops beyond the intellectual ability of its human resources. Nowadays, investment on human capital is paramount to sustain labour force participation in the progress and development of higher education in Nigeria. Besides, the Nigerian Universities and Colleges of Education, the polytechnic system provides another option for higher education in Nigeria where Certificates, National Diploma and Higher National Diploma courses are offered and awarded. The study aimed at evaluating the relevance of TETFund intervention on human capital investments and its bearing to employees’ work efficiency in the polytechnic communities in Bauchi state to be specific and Nigeria by extension. This study generates data from quantitative and qualitative sources, using questionnaire instrument to randomly collect a cross sectional data from one of the two (2) existing polytechnics in Bauchi state of Nigeria. A total of 45 structured questionnaires were administered on our respondents and 44 were valid for analysis. The research adopted the descriptive statistics as well as the Chi-square, X2, to analyze the results and test the hypothesis to give the tentative prediction about the nature of the relationship between the research variables. Thus the research believes that there is a significant relationship between TETFund intervention in human capital investment and employees’ work efficiency within educational polytechnic system in Nigeria. This research study recommended for the public organizations in Nigeria especially the education institutions to harnessed and take full advantage of the reciprocal benefits of human capital investments and the work efficiency in educational tertiary institutions as this will go a long way to raise organizational achievement towards an end with the least amount of resources.

Author(s):  
Hashim Sabo Bello ◽  
Muhammed Kabir Ibrahim

It is an established fact that no nation or organisation develops beyond the intellectual ability of its human resources. Therefore, investment on human capital is paramount to sustain labour force participation of higher education in Nigeria. This study aimed at evaluating the relevance of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention on human capital investments and its bearing on employees’ work efficiency in the polytechnic communities in Bauchi state. This study generates data from quantitative and qualitative sources, using the questionnaire as an instrument to randomly collect cross-sectional data from one of the two existing polytechnics in Bauchi state of Nigeria. A total of 45 structured questionnaires were administered on our respondents and 44 were valid for analysis. The research shows there is a significant relationship between TETFund intervention in human capital investment and employees’ work efficiency within educational polytechnic system in Nigeria. This research study recommends that educational institutions should harness and take full advantage of the reciprocal benefits of human capital investments.   Keywords: Human capital, relevance, polytechnic, TETFund, work efficiency.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Waldman ◽  
Ori Zax

In a world characterized by asymmetric learning, promotions can serve as signals of worker ability, and this, in turn, can result in inefficient promotion decisions. If the labor market is competitive, the result will be practices that reduce this distortion. We explore how this logic affects human capital investment decisions. We show that, if commitment is possible, investments will be biased toward the accumulation of firm-specific human capital. We also consider what happens when commitment is not possible and show a number of results including that, if investment choices are not publicly observable, choices are frequently efficient. (JEL D82, J24, J31, M12, M51)


2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (7) ◽  
pp. 3531-3560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark M Pitt ◽  
Mark R Rosenzweig ◽  
Mohammad Nazmul Hassan

A model of human capital investment and activity choice is used to explain facts describing gender differentials in the levels and returns to human capital investments and occupational choice. These include the higher return to and level of schooling, the small effect of healthiness on wages, and the large effect of healthiness on schooling for females relative to males. The model incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Roy-economy setting in which activities reward skill and brawn differentially. Evidence from rural Bangladesh provides support for the model and the importance of the distribution of brawn.


Author(s):  
Maaz Ud Din ◽  
Ana Kadarningsih ◽  
Herry Subagyo

The objective of study is to find the influence of company size, human capital investments, and leverage on financial performance. Case studies on State-Owned Banks and State-Owned Sharia Banks in Indonesia for the 2012-2018 period. The number of samples uses in the study were four State-Owned Banks and four State-Owned Sharia Banks in Indonesia. The samples of this study were the financial report that taken from the Indonesia Stock Exchange and the Indonesia Financial Service Authority with period 2012-2018. The analysis method for this research is linear regression methods, test of classic assumption, determinant coefficient, F-test, T-test. The findings show that the size and leverage variables have no significantly effect on financial performance in State-Owned Banks, while the human capital investments have a positive effect and significantly on financial performance. The results also show that human capital and leverage have no impact on financial performance in State-Owned Sharia Banks, but has size have significant effect on financial performance. Human capital investment was most variable that impact financial performance significantly in State-Owned Banks. Otherwise, size was the most significantly variable that effect financial performance  in State-Owned Sharia Banks. The results show that the size and leverage variables have no significantly effect on financial performance in State-Owned Banks, while the human capital investments have positive effect and significantly on financial performance. The results also show that human capital and leverage have no significantly effect on financial performance in State-Owned Sharia Banks, but size have significantly effect on financial performance. Human capital investment is the most significant variable that influence financial performance in State-Owned Banks. Otherwise, size is the most significant variable that influence financial performance in State-Owned Sharia Banks.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-183
Author(s):  
Farahiyah Akmal Mat Nawi ◽  
Abdul Malek A. Tambi ◽  
Muhammad Faizal Samat ◽  
Julaina Baistaman

Purpose of the study: This paper aimed to assess the analysis of the role of human capital investment (HCI) determinants and its remarkable contribution towards the education institution's performance by adapting the Malcolm Baldridge Criteria for Performance Excellence. Methodology: This research adopted a quantitative study and a survey tool comprises of sixty items with seven Likert scale was utilized as an instrument to assemble data from 309 lecturers in UiTM Kelantan. Next to test the research hypothesis data were then analyzed using the Structural Equation Modelling approach on the SmartPLS3 platform. Main Findings: The analysis demonstrated the influences of HCI determinants towards the UiTM performance. The coefficient of determination (R2) value of 66.9% suggested that the variance of institution performance could moderately be explained by the observed variables, namely knowledge, skill, and training. The result also indicates the highest positive significant value for skill towards performance with β=0.283, t-value= 1.981 and p<0.005. It is proven that a persistent skill development significantly contributes to the performance. Applications of this study: The research finding is useful to help the Ministry of Higher Education (MOE) in Malaysia to identify the relevant determinants in improving human capital quality. Novelty/Originality of this study: There were a lot of studies that were conducted involving higher education in Malaysia. But the only limited number of studies was conducted by scholars in assessing the main contribution of human capital investment factors towards the institution's success.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Zephaniah Memba ◽  
Zhao Zun Feng

<p>Many studies conducted on the Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB) have mostly concentrated on its success, sustainability and effectiveness on loans issuance and repayment. None had focused on its performance towards human capital investment. This study sought to explain and analyze HESLB’s performance in human capital investment, which in this study has been operationalized as financing of higher education.</p><p>The study retraced the development of Higher education financing from early days of independence in Tanzania to the inception and operationalization of the HESLB. Data were collected, analyzed and interpreted with view to answering research questions on the performance of the HESLB.</p><p>It was concluded that despite the increasing budgeting trend in favour of the loans board, its ability to sustain itself through education loan repayment was still minimal, which can be interpreted as HESLB’s little contribution to human capital investment. It was suggested the financing strategy of higher education in Tanzania for sustainable human capital investment be re-analyzed to ensure economic growth and development of the country.</p>


2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki Sakamoto

Labor productivity is an important determinant of the wealth of national economies and standards of living, as its growth explains half of per capita GDP growth. I show that there are four worlds of productivity growth among industrialized countries, by decomposing labor productivity growth into multifactor productivity (MFP) growth and capital deepening. The four worlds that emerge from the analysis are: (1) human capital investment- and MFP growth-dominant Nordic countries; (2) physical capital investment- and labor productivity growth-dominant liberal countries; (3) continental European countries whose moderately high human capital investments create decently high MFP growth, but whose low physical capital investments push down their labor productivity; and (4) South European countries with both the lowest human capital investment and lowest productivity growth. The four worlds are a result partly of the countries’ partisan politics, economic growth strategies, and human capital formation policies – different policies add differently to the components of labor productivity.


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