期刊名称：International Journal of Business and Management Studies
电子版ISSN：1309-8047
出版年度：2020
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：163-176
出版社：Social Sciences Research Society
摘要：The enormous skills shortage in South Africa has a negative impact on the
country’s competitiveness. Since the advent of democracy in 1994, various
regimes have tried to deal with these inheritance of the oppressive state of affairs;
namely, the serious shortage of skills affecting the larger section of the country’s
population. The aftermath of apartheid has an adverse negative effect on a healthy
economic performance of the country.
The predominant aim of this research is to establish the differences between a
motivated workforce and job satisfaction as well as to establish the conditions of
employment levels of the different workforce groupings. The second objective of
the study is to assess the relationship between the three variables stated namely,
motivation and job satisfaction, organisational climate and the effectiveness of
training; and the third objective was to establish whether the results of training can
predict employee motivation, job satisfaction and perception of organisational
conditions. The findings demonstration that meaningful differences exist between
the levels of 1) motivation/job satisfaction and organisational climate of
employees of skilled/semi-skilled groups and 2) qualification levels. The study
also shows that a well-trained workforce tends to be at a higher motivational level
and have an improved perception about their organisational climate than those
who received less or no training at all. In conclusion, the two predominant
variables of this research (namely, motivation/job satisfaction and organisational
climate) are both influenced by skilled/semi-skilled groups as well as the amount
of training received. The findings also reveal major direct relationships between the constructs of motivation/job satisfaction, organisational climate and
effectiveness of training.
关键词：Skills development; corporate (organisational) performance; country
competitiveness
