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The relationship between employer endorsement of continuing education and training and work and study performance: a Hong Kong case study
Author(s) -
Hung Humphry,
Wong Yiu Hing
Publication year - 2007
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/j.1468-2419.2007.00287.x
Subject(s) - expectancy theory , psychology , china , job satisfaction , sample (material) , perceived organizational support , psychological contract , applied psychology , social psychology , work (physics) , job performance , medical education , organizational commitment , political science , mechanical engineering , medicine , chemistry , chromatography , law , engineering
Based on psychological contract theory and expectancy disconfirmation theory, we posit that if employers support their staff by endorsing their continuing education and training, these employees will in turn be more satisfied and will perform better not only in their studies but also in their jobs. We also propose that such an endorsement will have a positive disconfirmation effect on employees' job satisfaction and performance when their perceived organizational support is relatively low. Using 434 part‐time postgraduate students in Hong Kong, China, as our survey sample, we found support for our propositions.