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Lee, HaeNim; McNamara, Tay K.; Pitt-Catsouphes, Marcie; Lee, Jungui – International Journal of Training and Development, 2014
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 Japanese and three American worksites. We tested not only the direct relationships of each type of…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Educational Opportunities, Training Methods, Job Training
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Behrend, Tara S.; Thompson, Lori Foster – International Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Animated agents have the potential to increase engagement and learning during online training by acting as personalized tutors. However, little is known about the conditions that make these agents most effective. In this study, 183 e-learners completed a Microsoft Excel training course. Approximately half were assigned an agent with predetermined…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Self Efficacy, Learner Controlled Instruction, Feedback (Response)
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Wickramasinghe, Vathsala M. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2006
Using a stratified random sample, this paper examines the training practices of setting objectives, transfer, validation and evaluation in Sri Lanka. The paper further sets out to compare those practices across local, foreign and joint-venture companies based on the assumption that there may be significant differences across companies of different…
Descriptors: Training Objectives, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Transfer of Training