Employee Capability Development and Organisational Adaptation of News Media Establishments in Rivers State, Nigeria
This study examined employee capability development and organizational adaptation of news media establishments in Rivers State. A review of extant literature on variables such as employee capability, employee training, mentoring, organizational adaptation, and career development. The study adopted the random sampling technique in selecting the employees and purposive sampling technique in selecting the establishments to be included in the study. A population of one hundred and fifty respondents were obtained from fifteen news media establishments. The Pearson Product correlation test statistics was employed in examining the three formulated hypotheses. A structured questionnaire was adopted as the research instrument. The study revealed that employee training, mentoring, and career development all contributes to organizational adaptation respectively. Based on the findings, the study concluded that employee capability development contributes to organizational adaptation. Following the findings and conclusion, the study recommended that News media establishments should endeavour to prioritize worker training (via delegation of authority, encouragement of participation, promote learning culture, encourage brainstorming and group learning) so as to build workers that have the ability to adjust to organizational needs and demands.
Keywords: Capability development, career development, mentoring, organizational adaptation, training.
