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Shao, Yinjuan; Lin, Chih-Cheng; Hung, Hsiu-Yu; Deng, Hui – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2022
Training needs reassessment at times requires extra time and effort in asking questions, doing surveys, or doing interviews. By extracting themes and key concepts from trainees' online narrative feedback after training, this research explored a mixed way of human and computational analysis on trainees' perception of training deficiencies to weave…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Job Training, Training Methods, Educational Needs
Karen C. Bumann – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The topic of this study was the perception of online learning in an exploratory context. The problem addressed the high attrition rates among first-year employees in the financial industry. The problem negatively impacted the overall well-being of organizations, customers, and employees. The study aimed to explore new employees' and managers'…
Descriptors: Finance Occupations, Industry, Electronic Learning, Labor Turnover
Jadallah, Hazem – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Workforce training is needed throughout the construction industry to create and maintain competent workers; unfortunately, most construction training and education research focuses on university student education. The focus of this dissertation research is the current state of educational-theory embedded construction workforce training, how such…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor Force Development, Construction Industry, Educational Theories
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Moon, Hanna; Ryu, Doam; Jeon, Dongwon – European Journal of Training and Development, 2019
Purpose: Industry skills council (ISC) in Korea is at an earlier stage in terms of its formation and incubation. As a governance model similar to sector councils in Canada and UK, it still requires training and development of talents who work for ISCs. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of training programs that are…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Industry, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Schaberg, Kelsey – MDRC, 2017
Individuals with low incomes often struggle to advance in the labor market, yet at the same time, some employers report difficulty finding workers with the necessary skills. WorkAdvance is a workforce development model that seeks to address the needs of both of these groups through its "dual customer" approach. The model offers training…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Models, Training Methods, Low Income Groups
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Shah, Hardik; Gopal, Raj – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: With rapid industrialization and population growth in the urban and rural areas in India, the demand for public transport has risen sharply. In the fast changing scenario in the public transit sector, the role of a bus depot manager (DM) has also undergone substantial transformation. This paper aims to identify and gauge the…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Job Training, Trainers, Foreign Countries
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Tichon, Jennifer; Diver, Phil – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2012
The popularity of simulators to augment training programs for operators of heavy machinery has been growing across several industries including mining, rail and more recently construction. High-fidelity, interactive simulation is typically achieved through complete immersion in brief, stressful and complex VR scenarios. The use of simulation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Training, Introductory Courses, Training Methods
Hilliard, Thomas – Center for an Urban Future, 2011
Even before the Great Recession prompted policymakers to take a closer look at public programs designed to help unemployed Americans re-enter the workforce it had long been clear that federal, state and local government workforce development programs have not always effectively prepared low-income individuals to obtain decent-paying jobs. Job…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Job Training, Educational Change, Local Government
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Choy, Sarojni; Haukka, Sandra – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Childcare workers play a significant role in the learning and development of children in their care. This has major implications for the training of workers. Under new reforms of the childcare industry, the Australian government now requires all workers to obtain qualifications from a vocational education and training provider (e.g. Technical and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Interviews, Vocational Education, Child Care Occupations
Brundage, Tracy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The greatest challenge we face in the next ten years is the challenge of making sure we have a qualified workforce able to meet the demands of living in a global economy. To do this we will need to expand the capacity of our workforce development and educational system to meet the training needs of business and industry. In order to assess the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Laborers, Fuels, Control Groups
Lawrence, Craig D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In 1996, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (welfare reform), which, using the mechanism of the existing state Human Resource Investment Councils (HRICs) created by the Job Training Partnership Act Amendments of 1992, held out the promise of improving effective coordination among and across…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Job Training, Program Effectiveness
Paek, Jeeyon; Hawley, Joshua D. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of training program characteristics on training effectiveness among organizations receiving training services from external training providers. Two surveys were sent to HRD managers and senior managers per company. The results showed that the operational margin of the programs where private…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Job Training, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
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Matherly, Timothy A.; Matherly, Donna M. S. – Journal of Education for Business, 1985
This study attempts, first of all, to establish the major dimensions of job satisfaction as perceived by office systems employees, and secondly, to examine the relationship between the characteristics of training programs and these dimensions. (CT)
Descriptors: Automation, Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Job Training
Walls, Richard T.; And Others – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1979
The effects of training using tactile (physical guidance), visual (modeling), auditory (verbal instructions) prompting, and a combination of all three methods were compared by teaching 32 mildly to severely retarded vocational rehabilitation clients (18-50 years old) the construction of four assembly tasks. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Job Training, Mental Retardation
Lo Bosco, Maryellen – Personnel, 1985
Describes results of a survey of "Personnel" readers and human resource managers and/or training directors concerning the nature of training in their firms. Answers concern kinds of training, methods and tools, perceived success of training programs, retraining and special programs, and entry-level skill development. (CT)
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Job Training, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
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