Workplace Change and Emerging Skills in Post-Pandemic Training Needs Assessment: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Public Sector

Amenoor,; TALUKDAR, Monowar Uddin

Workplace Change and Emerging Skills in Post-Pandemic Training Needs Assessment: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Public Sector

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy

Volume 13 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)

By:

Amenoor,

and Monowar Uddin TALUKDAR

Open Access

|Sep 2025

Figures & Tables

Conceptual framework of the workplace changes and training needs in Bangladesh’s public sector
Source: own processing — Conceptual framework of the workplace changes and training needs in Bangladesh’s public sector Source: own processing

Value of Path model
Source: own processing — Value of Path model Source: own processing

Discriminant validity

Variables	1	2	3
1. Change in Workplace and Nature of work	0.786
2. New Knowledge and Skills	0.236	0.773
3. Training needs assessment for public officials	0.215	0.231	0.748

Demographic profile of respondents

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Gender	Male	348	85.29
Gender	Female	60	14.71
Age	Less than 29	65	15.93
	30 – 39	166	40.69
	40 – 49	122	29.90
	Greater than 50	55	13.48
Educational background	Ph.D.	6	1.47
	Masters	235	57.60
	Honors	112	27.45
	HSC	14	3.43
	Below HSC	41	10.04
Experience	Less than 5 years	117	28.68
	05 – 10	73	17.89
	11 – 20	134	32.84
	More than 20 years	84	20.59

HTMT Test

Variables	1	2
1. Change in Workplace and Nature of work
2. New Knowledge and Skills	0.518
3. Training needs assessment for public officials	0.349	0.511

Reliability indexes and criteria

Reliability Indexes	Criteria	Reference
AVE	>0.50	Hair et al. (2012), Ringle et al. (2012), Sarstedt et al. (2017)
Composite Reliability (CR)	>0.70	Hair et al. (1998)
Alpha	>0.70	Chin et al. (2008), Henseler and Sarstedt (2013)
Indicator Reliability	IR≥0.40	Hulland (1999).

Path model

Hypotheses		Beta	SM	SD	LL	UL	T Statistics	P Values	Comment	VIF
H1	Change in Workplace and Nature of work -> Training needs assessment for public officials	0.170	0.186	0.085	0.013	0.318	2.001	0.045	Supported	1.059
H2	New Knowledge and Skills -> Training needs assessment for public officials	0.191	0.209	0.088	0.005	0.344	2.179	0.029	Supported	1.059
Endogenous Construct
R-squire value						0.263
Model Fit		SRMR				0.062
Model Fit		Q² value				0.148

Exploratory factor analysis with indicator reliability and model fitting information

Variables	Details	Factor Loading (λi)	SM	SD	T Statistics	CR*	CA	AVE
Change in Workplace and Nature of work	CWNW3 <- Change in Workplace and Nature of work	0.541	0.514	0.232	2.329	0.75	0.749	0.618
Change in Workplace and Nature of work	CWNW6 <- Change in Workplace and Nature of work	0.971	0.930	0.143	6.790	0.75	0.749	0.618
New Knowledge and Skills	NKS1 <- New Knowledge and Skills	0.744	0.712	0.202	3.691	0.75	0.748	0.597
New Knowledge and Skills	NKS2 <- New Knowledge and Skills	0.800	0.771	0.169	4.741	0.75	0.748	0.597
Training needs assessment for public officials	TNAPC5 <- Training needs assessment for public officials	0.769	0.752	0.106	7.241	0.79	0.792	0.559
	TNAPC6 <- Training needs assessment for public officials	0.727	0.711	0.110	6.633
	TNAPC7 <- Training needs assessment for public officials	0.747	0.741	0.105	7.117

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mdke-2025-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2392-8042 | Journal ISSN: 2286-2668

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Language: English

Page range: 323 - 339

Submitted on: Aug 4, 2025

Accepted on: Sep 14, 2025

Published on: Sep 26, 2025

Published by: Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 times per year

Keywords:

training needs assessment,

skills,

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Political economics,

Macroeconomics,

Business management,

Business management, other,

Social sciences,

Sociology,

Labor, trade unions,

Sociology of economy, organizations, and industry

© 2025 Amenoor,, Monowar Uddin TALUKDAR, published by Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative
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Workplace Change and Emerging Skills in Post-Pandemic Training Needs Assessment: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Public Sector

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Discriminant validity

Demographic profile of respondents

HTMT Test

Reliability indexes and criteria

Path model

Exploratory factor analysis with indicator reliability and model fitting information

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