The Moderating Effect of Socio-demographic Profile to the Influence of Vocational Training on Employability Skills among Selected Retail Bank Employees in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the moderating effect of socio-demographic profile to the influence of vocational training on employability skills among selected retail banks’ employees in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Despite the straightforward relationship of training and employability skills, the recognized influence of the previous to the latter is still much debated both in practice and in the academic paradigm. This is especially true in terms of whether or not such influence hold at all conditions. Careful review of the literature will show that the number of studies exploring such construct is still much to be desired. The research employed a descriptive research design thru a controlled non-experimental set-up. An adopted questionnaire was used as data gathering tool. The study involved 180 respondents across 5 selected banks in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The study found that age, occupational ranking, and educational level significantly moderate the influence of training on communication skills. In addition, it was also found that the influence of training on ICT Skills is moderated only by gender.