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Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed; Dainty, Andrew R. J.; Ison, Stephen G.; Hazlehurst, Guy – International Journal of Training and Development, 2008
A levy/grant system exists in the UK construction industry to provide financial support for companies undertaking training activities. With the current UK government skills policy, there is an emphasis on ensuring that training support provided to employers is aimed at enhancing companies' profitability. This paper explores the profitability of…
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Grants, Foreign Countries, Training
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Dysvik, Anders; Kuvaas, Bard – International Journal of Training and Development, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore alternative relationships between training opportunities and employee outcomes. A cross-sectional survey of 343 trainees from a broad range of Norwegian service organizations showed that the relationship between perceived training opportunities, and both task performance and citizenship behaviors were fully…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Job Performance, Intention, Motivation
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Pilati, Ronaldo; Borges-Andrade, Jairo Eduardo – International Journal of Training and Development, 2008
Research in training, development and education (TD&E) in organizations has produced important results in the last two decades. Evaluation of TD&E has been a special focus of this research, which has resulted in the production of relevant predictive models. The present study has the aim of testing a model of effectiveness of training on…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Motivation, Trainees, Training