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Career Development and Effectiveness of Ministries in Abia State Civil Service

Aguwa, Ijeoma Adanma, Aguwa, Ijeoma Adanma and Emerole, Okwudiri Bede

Abstract

this study focused on Career Development and Effectiveness of Ministries in Abia State Civil Service. The study was guided by two specific objectives with descriptive survey as its design. The population of this study consist of the four thousand, three hundred and eighty four (4,384) employees of the twelve (12) selected ministries as obtained from Office of the Head of Service of the State (OHS, 2023). The researcher used a mix of criteria to select the twelve ministries under study from a pool of nineteen ministries in Abia State. The research questions were answered using the simple Pearson (r) correlation statistic to determine the relationship between the dependent and independent variables in the study while the hypotheses were tested using linear regression technique. Findings from the study shows that career development has significant effects on the effectiveness of ministries in Abia State Civil Service. It was therefore recommended that organizations especially Ministries in Abia State Civil Service should continuously invest in the growth of their workers through promotion, conversion among others because employees who actively engage in career growth are more likely to embrace change and contribute to the organization's adaptability and that The Ministries in Abia State Civil Service should adopt knowledge transfer, confidence building, provision of networking opportunities, goal setting and accountability and multi-skill development orientation associated with mentoring, as a strategy for enhancing the mentee’s communication proficiency thereby enhancing their overall contribution to the overall effectiveness

Keywords

AdaptabilityCareer DevelopmentCareer PlanningCommunicationMentoring

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