Training Evaluation: A Configurational Analysis of Success and Failure of Trainers and Trainees

Autor/inn/en	Bernardino, Gonçalo; Curado, Carla
Titel	Training Evaluation: A Configurational Analysis of Success and Failure of Trainers and Trainees
Quelle	In: European Journal of Training and Development, 44 (2020) 4-5, S.531-546 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2046-9012
DOI	10.1108/EJTD-10-2019-0177
Schlagwörter	Trainers; Trainees; Success; Failure; Formative Evaluation; Comparative Analysis; Industrial Training; Foreign Countries; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Program Effectiveness; Program Design; Public Sector; Transportation; Employees; Portugal (Lisbon) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausbildungslehrer; Trainer; Auszubildender; Weibliche Auszubildende; Erfolg; Betriebliche Berufsausbildung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Industriebetriebslehre; Ausland; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Öffentlicher Sektor; Verkehrswesen; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter
Abstract	Purpose: This study aims to investigate the formative evaluations of the training programmes of a Portuguese national railway public company for an entire calendar year. The aim is to uncover alternative configurations for the design of training programmes to create better levels of evaluation. This study is based on the following research question: What are the configurations that lead to the success and or failure of trainers and trainees? Among those, are there any common designs that generate the success and or failure of both trainers and trainees? Design/methodology/approach: This study used matched data from an entire calendar year to examine the trainers and trainees' evaluations of 429 training events. This study also used a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to provide configurations that generate the success or failure of trainers and trainees. This methodology offers alternative pathways to the same outcomes and thus gives managers different options to reach similar results. Findings: The results show that there are more configurations that lead to trainers' success (five) than to its absence (four). However, the configurations that lead to trainees' success (three) are less than those that lead to its absence (six). The findings indicate that a single common configuration exists that leads to high evaluations. Research limitations/implications: This study does not address summative evaluations. Regarding data, the study acknowledges the use of self-evaluations for trainees, although they serve as a proxy for a learning evaluation. The generalisation of the results outside the Portuguese railway company's context is not possible. Practical implications: The proposed analysis is applicable to other settings without restrictions. Managers may replicate this study's approach in their organisations to uncover the alternative configurations that lead to the success or failure of trainers and trainees. They may adopt the ones that lead to successful outcomes and avoid the ones that lead to undesired ones. Originality/value: This study is innovative because it addresses concurrently the success or failure of trainers and trainees that is only possible by using the fsQCA method. This study opted to use this method to provide alternative pathways to extreme outcomes: the most successful or the most unsuccessful. These multiple pathways are better results compared to traditional quantitative statistical methods that only provide a single estimated solution to the presence of the dependent variable; for example, a regression analysis or structural equation modelling. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01