Effect of employee training, career development and job security on the performance of  the small-scale mining sector in Zimbabwe.

Georgina Shumba; Lovemore Chikazhe; Miriam Jengeta

doi:10.63726/jmsit.v2i1.338

Authors

Georgina Shumba chinhoyi University
Lovemore Chikazhe Chinhoyi university of Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7030-3507
Miriam Jengeta Chinhoyi university of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63726/jmsit.v2i1.338

Keywords:

career development, employee training, job security, organisational performance, small-scale mining, Zimbabwe

Abstract

Globally, the mining sector plays a major role in the development of economies through foreign exchange, employment opportunities and supporting the country’s infrastructure development and Gross Domestic Product. The current study investigates the effect of human resource framework factors (employee training, career development, employee job security) on the performance of the small-scale gold mining sector. In Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, a cross-sectional survey of 210 randomly selected workers from small-scale gold mining sector was conducted between April and June 2023. the study adopted positivism philosophy and quantitative approach. The study is underpinned by the Bandura’s social learning theory and the Behaviourist theory. Data was analysed using structural equation modelling and presented in tables. The study findings show a correlation between human resources framework factors (employee training, career development, employee job security) and improved organisational performance. Studies focusing on human resource framework factors on the influence of organisational performance are scarce especially within the mining industry in the Sub-Saharan nations like Zimbabwe where the majority of the small-scale gold miners are informal. Thus, the current study was conducted to further the corpus of knowledge in the business management domain. Moreover, studies of this nature are imperative as they provide fresh insights and validate extant knowledge on human resource framework factors and organisational performance within the mining industry.

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