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Impact of Employees' Training Programmes on Job Satisfaction


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1 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Carol I Blvd., No. 22, Iasi, 700505, Romania
 

The main aim of this article is to analyse the attitude of employees from wood-industry companies in the Northeast region of Romania about the training programmes that they have attended, consequently explaining the relationship between training and job satisfaction. The results show that it is necessary to implement high-quality training programmes because it has a positive connection with ethical rules, work recognition, supervision and commitment to work.

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Employees, Job Satisfaction, Training, Skills.
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Authors

Ana-Maria Bercu
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Carol I Blvd., No. 22, Iasi, 700505, Romania

Abstract


The main aim of this article is to analyse the attitude of employees from wood-industry companies in the Northeast region of Romania about the training programmes that they have attended, consequently explaining the relationship between training and job satisfaction. The results show that it is necessary to implement high-quality training programmes because it has a positive connection with ethical rules, work recognition, supervision and commitment to work.

Keywords


Employees, Job Satisfaction, Training, Skills.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi07%2F1340-1345