EDUCATIONAL DIVERSITY AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN COMMERCIAL BANKS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Educational background could be seen as the type of formal training or education or even career that a person has acquired over the years. Daniel (2009) discovered that different types of education and levels of education expect different mobility rates. For instance, there are various occupations that are available for different sets of people. The type of occupation that was available for someone who has gained some years of work experience but does not have a university degree in a course of study is different from the one who has the required certificate from the university. Based on Daniel findings, a person’s productivity depends on the level of education he/ she has acquired. Tracy & David (2011) discovered that organizations and employers usually refuse to bring employee whom they perceive lack the adequate education, training, knowledge, skills, experience or expertise to fill up a position within the organization. This signifies that education was very vital to both employers and employees. As such, without adequate or proper education, individuals cannot get employed or even perform well if they are eventually employed into the organization. Employee performance refers to the active discharge of one’s duty for the achievement of results. It is nothing.