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The Impact of Soft Skill Development on Employee Success HR Training and Development Strategies in the Turkish Business Environment

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  • Oyku Salini

    (Faculty of Administration and Business, University of Bucharest, Romania)

  • Patrick Banu

    (Faculty of Administration and Business, University of Bucharest, Romania)

Abstract

This study looks at how HR training supports the development of soft skills and, through them, employees' professional success in Turkish companies. Drawing on three semi-structured interviews with HR and Learning and Development professionals from the textile, manufacturing, and technology sectors, it examines how organisations identify soft-skill needs, design development programmes, support the transfer of learning to the workplace, and judge the results. Using Kirkpatrick's framework and thematic analysis in NVivo 12, the findings suggest that soft skills are increasingly treated as strategic competencies tied to leadership, coordination, adaptability, and organisational effectiveness. Measuring their direct impact, though, remains hard: outcomes tend to be read through indirect signals such as performance reviews, promotion readiness, engagement, productivity, and innovation.

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  • Oyku Salini & Patrick Banu, 2025. "The Impact of Soft Skill Development on Employee Success HR Training and Development Strategies in the Turkish Business Environment," Manager Journal, Faculty of Business and Administration, University of Bucharest, vol. 42(2), pages 35-43, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:but:manage:v:42:y:2025:i:2:p:35-43
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    JEL classification:

    • M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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