Influence of Workplace Environment on Participation of Female Civil Servants in In-Service Training

In-service training is one of the ways of improving the skills of workers, yet many female civil servants do not participate in such training programmes. Researchers have tried to identify reasons for low participation of women in in-service training programme. However, despite the importance of physical, psychological and sociological conditions of workplace environment and tendency of going for in-service training, there is dearth of information on how workplace environment explains this phenomenon. This study therefore examined the extent to which workplace environment influences participation of female civil servants in in-service training. Survey design was adopted. Purposive sampling was used to select female civil servants who had participated in in-service training programme. Instrument for data collection was validated, and the Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was r = 0.91. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression. The result showed that workplace environment did not correlate significantly with women participation in in-service training ? = 0.024, t (1026) = 0.76, p = 0.05. There should be cordial workplace environment which will encourage the females to participate in in-service training programme.