Impact of Lecturer Training on Absenteeism and Job Performance: Ecuador’s Higher Education Institution Case

Abstract

Ecuador’s public university system is at a stage in which supply exceeds demand and where competition between universities plays a leading role. The objective of this research is to carry out an analysis of the impact of lecturer training on absenteeism rate and job performance in a Public Higher Education Institution. We conduct an initial diagnosis is performed by cluster analysis, also a correlational analysis and a Student T-test to examine the effect of training courses on absenteeism rate and job performance of lecturers. According to the results obtained, training courses do not have a significant impact on absenteeism nor the quality of job performance of university lecturers.