Summary
The way in which attitudes to learning affects employee training satisfaction makes a difference to employee innovation and development in organizations. The present research investigates the relationship n between such attitudes and trainee satisfaction among 401 employees of a Training Institute in Taiwan. Both attitudes and satisfaction were measured by specially-developed questionnaires. Correlation and regression analysis of the results indicated positive relationships between learning attitudes and a number of dimensions of satisfaction with training. It is argued that the results suggest that through improving the learning attitudes of their employees, managers can get them to be more satisfied with aspects of their training and thereby make the learning process more effective.
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Relationship Between Trainee Attitudes and Dimensions of Training Satisfaction: An Empirical Study with Training Institute Employees
Introduction
Rapid and major changes in the business environment, in production methods, the rise of new industries and freer trade have increased competition for many firms, especially those operating in the international arena. Any business that wants to survive and prosper in such conditions must keep on learning, developing and innovating to boost productivity and to build competitive advantages for itself of the entity. (Evta, 1998). Within this context, it is important that employees should enjoy and benefit from the training provided by their employers. In this respect, it is relevant that mere is usually a positive relationship between learning satisfaction and the effectiveness of learning on the part of trainees in such firms or businesses (Wang, 2001; Liu, 2002). Attitude here is an organized, habitual cognition process a person holds toward people or object, a kind of inner psychological reaction, including thinking, attention, judgment and perhaps even problem-solving solution (Lindgen, 1967; Chang, 1993). The particular 'learning attitude' of a trainee, ...See the full content of this document
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