The Impact of Workplace Learning on Individuals and Organizational Performances in Two Selected Eastern Ethiopian Public Universities

The purpose of this work is to assess the impact of workplace learning on individuals and organizational performances of in two selected Eastern Ethiopian public Universities. Convergent a parallel design of a mixed-method approach was used to reach the result. The quantitative data was gathered through questionnaires from 597 respondents, which selected using a stratified sampling technique. The qualitative data gather using semi-structured interview from 4 informants, which selected purposively from two universities. The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and Inferential statistics (mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation). In sequence, the qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. Based on this the result depicted the strategies were not flexible and address the needs of individuals from different field of studies and learning styles and workplace learning has a positive impact on improving of job performance, job satisfaction and engagements, fostering of problem –solving ability of employees and impacts the organizational performance. To improve the initiatives, the universities should facilitate and promote a culture of lifelong learning to improve the knowledge, skills, and attitudes.