Abstract:
Purpose: Employees need the possession of soft skills’to withstand the rivalry and diversity
of the corporate world. In response to their employers' expectations, it is critical for
employees to show soft skills such as group growth and teamwork. Employers now want to
get hold of critical soft skills learned by workers when learning and acquiring job experience
instead of only using degree-related expertise. The current studies focus more on training its
impact ofsoft, skills and training on performance ofemployees
Methodology
Deductive approach was adopted for this study. Using purposive sampling technique,
quantitative primary data was collected from a sample of 223 respondents on 5-point Likert
scale by the help of questionnaire. The research design is descriptive.
The results are derived through statistical tools, Hypothesis Testing, Linear Regression and
Reliability tests, using SPSS Version 23.
Findings
The results demonstrated that training effectiveness had no impact on soft skills of
employees. However, training strategy was positively associated with soft skills of
employees. The results also indicate that there was a significant relationship among soft skills
and employee performance who are working at FMGC sector Karachi, Pakistan. The results
suggested that if employees are provided all necessary and sufficient soft skills, work
performance in an organization will improve; but it will also rely on the different factors of
training to use the knowledge given to improve the employee performance. The training
and proper plans help the employees to work effectively and encourage them to
perform well their tasks.
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Implication
These major stakeholders of this research study are the middle and upper-level management
employee. This research study shows the employees the impact of the soft skills on the
performance ofthe employees working in the FMCG sector of Karachi.
