ABSTRACT
This research deals on the perceived effect of qualification mismatch onemployee job performance in Seedvest Limited. The company continues toemploy people from the labour market irrespective of their academicbackground. This paper therefore sought to determine the effects ofqualification mismatch on job performance of Seedvest Limited employees.This study adopted a descriptive design. The population of interest to thisstudy was the entire 89 staff of Seedvest Limited through a stratifiedsampling technique, Primary data was collected by administered astructured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed by the use ofdescriptive statistics and presented as percentages and frequencies. Theinformation was presented by use of table and in prose-form. The study revealed that a majority of employees of Seedvest Limited werequalification mismatch, therefore has effect on their performance on the job.The study found that additional training help majority of the employees toalign their skill and job requirement in order to be productive as expectedfrom the company management. While the Training and Development unitadministered various training sessions to bridge the identify skill gap.Based on the study findings, there is need to discontinue employment andplacement of employees with a mismatch between their field of educationand their job and that, employees should always be recruited and placed onroles that match their levels and fields of education. There is also need forlearning needs assessment for employees already in employment; this is asure way of ensuring better job performance of employees.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT I
CERTIFICATION II
DEDICATION III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IV
TABLE OF CONTENT V
LIST OF TABLE VI
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM 4
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5
1.4 AIM AND OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 6
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES 7
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 7
1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 8
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS 9
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW 10
2.1.1 JOB SKILLS INDEX 15
2.1.2 THE HAYS GLOBAL SKILLS INDEX 17
2.1.3 WAR FOR TALENT 20
2.1.4 BORDERLESS SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’STALENT MISMATCH WORLD 22 2.1.5 MANAGERS’ PERCEPTION OF SKILL MISMATCH 252.2.0 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 27
2.2.1 HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY 27
2.2.2 LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION THEORY 29
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 37
3.2 STUDY AREA/LOCATION 38
3.3 SAMPLING PROCEDURE 38
3.4 SAMPLE SIZE 39
3.5 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION 41
3.6 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 41
3.7 ETHICAL CONSIDERATION 42
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 TEST OF HYPOTHESIS 52
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS 56
5.2 CONCLUSION 58
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 58A
5.4 AREA FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 59
References: 60
Appendix: 66