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    Effects of employee training and development on growth of selected project- based organizations in Delta State Nigeria
    (Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 2023-10) Dike, Nkebakwu Emmanuel
    The study was conducted to analyse the effects of training and development on the growth of project-based organizations. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. Related literatures were reviewed on the concept of training, development and growth and the resource-based theory was used to beef up the review of related literatures. The researcher used the survey method of research hence the instrument of questionnaire was used. The population of the study was 226 and the sample size was found to be 144 using the Taro Yamen’s formula. The researcher used the non-probability sampling method for the sampling procedure. The questionnaire instrument used in the study was validated by way of showing it to the supervisor for both correction and inputs and a pilot study was conducted with the instrument. A test–retest approach was used to determine the reliability of the study instrument and it was found to be 77% reliable with the use of Spearman’s Product moment Correlation Coefficient, r. Data analysis was committed to descriptive statistics, regression analysis and correlation analysis technique. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. Correlation and regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses. The findings included that employee training positively influenced talent development in project-based organizations; employee training influenced customer or client retention in project-based organizations; employee development impacted effectively on the productivity of project-based organizations and employee development enhanced the competitive abilities of project-based organizations. The researcher recommended among others that management of project-based firms should always take the issues of training and development very seriously to boost corporate growth.