Opportunities to Improve Skills and to Teach and Train Others: Employee Outcomes in the United States and Japan

Autor/inn/en	Lee, HaeNim; McNamara, Tay K.; Pitt-Catsouphes, Marcie; Lee, Jungui
Titel	Opportunities to Improve Skills and to Teach and Train Others: Employee Outcomes in the United States and Japan
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training and Development, 18 (2014) 3, S.204-222 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3736
DOI	10.1111/ijtd.12024
Schlagwörter	Skill Development; Educational Opportunities; Training Methods; Job Training; Employees; Job Satisfaction; Work Ethic; Job Security; Age; Job Performance; Comparative Analysis; Comparative Education; Cross Cultural Studies; Trainers; Foreign Countries; Organizational Development; Occupational Surveys; Industrial Psychology; Japan; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Arbeitsethos; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Alter; Lebensalter; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausbildungslehrer; Trainer; Ausland; Organisationsentwicklung; Berufsanalyse; Betriebspsychologie; Industriepsychologie; USA
Abstract	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 training opportunity (to improve skills and to teach or train others) with each of three outcomes (job satisfaction, work engagement and organizational commitment) but also the potential moderating roles of performance orientation, job security and age. The relationships were assessed separately for Japanese and American respondents. The results highlight the importance of opportunities to improve skills for all three outcomes and of opportunities to teach and train for job satisfaction and work engagement. Performance orientation, job security and age generally were not significant moderators and, when they were, the effects were typically restricted to one country. The consistently positive coefficients for training opportunities should provide insight for cross-national organizations seeking to identify human resource policies effective across varying cultural, economic and demographic contexts. (As Provided).
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