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Opportunities to improve skills and to teach and train others: employee outcomes in the U nited S tates and J apan
Author(s) -
Lee HaeNim,
McNamara Tay K.,
PittCatsouphes Marcie,
Lee Jungui
Publication year - 2014
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/ijtd.12024
Subject(s) - psychology , job satisfaction , job security , job performance , work (physics) , human resources , marketing , applied psychology , social psychology , public relations , business , management , political science , engineering , economics , mechanical engineering
Opportunities to improve skills and opportunities to teach or train others may be associated with job satisfaction, work engagement and organizational commitment. The analysis reported in this paper used a subsample of 823 employees within two J apanese and three A merican worksites. We tested not only the direct relationships of each type of training opportunity (to improve skills and to teach or train others) with each of three outcomes (job satisfaction, work engagement and organizational commitment) but also the potential moderating roles of performance orientation, job security and age. The relationships were assessed separately for J apanese and A merican respondents. The results highlight the importance of opportunities to improve skills for all three outcomes and of opportunities to teach and train for job satisfaction and work engagement. Performance orientation, job security and age generally were not significant moderators and, when they were, the effects were typically restricted to one country. The consistently positive coefficients for training opportunities should provide insight for cross‐national organizations seeking to identify human resource policies effective across varying cultural, economic and demographic contexts.