Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria

The paper examined the effect of the human capital investment on economic wellbeing in business apprenticeship training centers (BATCs) in Kaduna, Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 267 respondents via cluster sampling from nine local government areas of the 23 local go...

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Main Authors: Haliru, Idris Yakubu, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Ahmad, Nobaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70572/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70572/1/10%20JSSH%28S%29-0969-2018.pdf
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author Haliru, Idris Yakubu
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Ahmad, Nobaya
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Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Ahmad, Nobaya
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description The paper examined the effect of the human capital investment on economic wellbeing in business apprenticeship training centers (BATCs) in Kaduna, Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 267 respondents via cluster sampling from nine local government areas of the 23 local government areas in the state. The result indicates that there was a significant positive relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing. Hence, BATCs acts as a tool in capacity building endeavor among the youths in the state, and this is a part of state-sponsored community development process developing youth community.
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spelling upm-705722019-08-20T00:47:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70572/ Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria Haliru, Idris Yakubu Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Ahmad, Nobaya The paper examined the effect of the human capital investment on economic wellbeing in business apprenticeship training centers (BATCs) in Kaduna, Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 267 respondents via cluster sampling from nine local government areas of the 23 local government areas in the state. The result indicates that there was a significant positive relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing. Hence, BATCs acts as a tool in capacity building endeavor among the youths in the state, and this is a part of state-sponsored community development process developing youth community. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70572/1/10%20JSSH%28S%29-0969-2018.pdf Haliru, Idris Yakubu and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Ahmad, Nobaya (2019) Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 27 (S1). pp. 143-155. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2027%20(S1).%202019/10%20JSSH(S)-0969-2018.pdf
spellingShingle Haliru, Idris Yakubu
Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi
Ahmad, Nobaya
Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria
title Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria
title_full Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria
title_fullStr Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria
title_short Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria
title_sort relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in business apprenticeship training centers (batcs), kaduna, nigeria
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70572/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70572/1/10%20JSSH%28S%29-0969-2018.pdf