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Public sector training participation: an empirical investigation
Author(s) -
Bates Reid A
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2419.00128
Subject(s) - variance (accounting) , training (meteorology) , psychology , public sector , measure (data warehouse) , transfer of training , applied psychology , medical education , social psychology , business , medicine , political science , computer science , geography , accounting , database , meteorology , law , cognitive psychology
This study tests a mediated model of employee participation in training activities in a public sector highway department. Results showed the combined predictor sets accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in an objective measure of training attended, a self‐report measure of training attended, and intentions to participate in future training. Although the proposed mediated model was not supported, the findings suggest that previous transfer success and motivation play a significant role in intentions to participate in training.