Self-Assessment of Training Impact at Work: Validation of a Measurement Scale
| Autor: | Abbad, G., Jairo Borges-Andrade, Sallorenzo, L. H. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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| Zdroj: | Interamerican Journal of Psychology, Vol 38, Iss 2, Pp 277-284 (2004) Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0034-9690 |
| Popis: | This paper describes the development and validation of a measurement scale for Training Impact at Work Impact is defined as the training long-term effect on work performance, motivation and/or attitudes. Two weeks after training, a questionnaire with 12 impact evaluation items was applied to participants from 226 courses that had been offered by a Brazilian public organization. The 1.270 valid answers were submitted to factor analyses (PAF, direct-oblimin) and to reliability analyses (Cronbachs Alpha). A two sub-scale structure was found (a=0.86; r=.56) accounting for 60 percent of the impact variability. A single factor structure was also found and it is similarly reliable (a=.90), accounting for 45 percent of the variability. Both structures are useful, reliable and valid |
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