The effect of in-service training programmes on public employees motivation: An application in Eti Mine Enterprises

Intense competition, advances in information and technology have caused the obtained data to be insufficient with time. The change has been experienced in all fields and it, to an extent, included each of them. Public sector is among those fields and it has started the required action. Public managements need to accommodate to fast changing conditions of competition. Managing this with ease and speed depends on the training. In service trainings mostly used by the private sector is of importance for the public sector as well. In service training is a systematized education for the employees working or hired for a particular work in return for a certain salary to help them develop their skills, knowledge and attitudes in a specific discipline or occupation. This allows employees to work more efficiently, increase their loyalty to the organization and raises their motivation towards their work.The effect of in-service training on the motivation of the public employees, the main subject of the study, has been investigated. For this reason, a manufacturing company has been chosen and the survey has been carried out in this company. The main objective of the study is to find out if the systematized in-service trainings have an effect on the employees.Key Words: In Service Training, Motivation, Public Services