Abstract:
The aim of this study is to establish the impact of human capital development on the job
satisfaction of Chinhoyi Municipality workers. The independent variables are training and
development, performance appraisal, salary and employee recognition. Employee Job
satisfaction is the dependent variable. This study adopted a quantitative approach. The
population for the study consisted of 150 employees of Chinhoyi Municipality. The
questionnaire approach was utilised to collect data from research participants. The hypotheses
for the study were tested using T-test statistics at 0.05% level of significance. The results
revealed that there is a positive relationship between human capital development and
employee job satisfaction. Based on the findings the study recommends that human capital
development practices should be adopted by organizations in order to increase employee job
satisfaction.
