The impact of training and development on employee performance in Afghanistan's public sector organizations

Improved productivity has become a global need in both private and public sectors in the modern era. It is evident that employee performance is one of the main factors that affect productivity in an organization. Furthermore, it has become highly essential in the fast and dynamic pace of global progress to invest in training and development of the staff in order to improve employee performance and keep up with the pace of development, hence, the role played by employee training is not less obvious anymore. This study investigates the effect of training on employee performance with an empirical evidence from Afghanistan's in public sector. A survey was conducted on a sample of 147 public sector employees in Afghanistan. Two main finding of this research is firstly the significant positive correlation between effective training and employee performance in public sector, the second main finding is that training design, quality of the trainer and training experience had a significant role in making a training effective. This study provided recommendations to the interested stakeholders on how to include a training and development strategy in their development and capacity building plan in Afghanistan, and also recommendations on conducting effective training programs that can yield desired results in order to improve employee performance at lowest cost. Keywords: Training, Performance, Public Sector