Does Rater Job Position Matter in Training Needs Assessment? A Study of Municipal Employees in the USA

Autor/inn/en	Cigularov, Konstantin P.; Dillulio, Phillip
Titel	Does Rater Job Position Matter in Training Needs Assessment? A Study of Municipal Employees in the USA
Quelle	In: International Journal of Training and Development, 24 (2020) 4, S.337-356 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3736
DOI	10.1111/ijtd.12200
Schlagwörter	Educational Needs; Training; Needs Assessment; Supervisors; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Government Employees + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Ausbildung; Bedarfsermittlung
Abstract	Organizational investments in employee training and development have steadily increased over the past decade. Yet, training needs assessment (TNA) remains an understudied topic in the training literature. This study used a large sample of municipal employees in the USA to examine the effects of rater and their job/organizational position on TNA ratings. Results indicated that supervisors tended to rate their own training needs higher than how non-supervisors rated their supervisors' training needs. The opposite was found for non-supervisor self-ratings -- they tended to be lower than the supervisors' ratings of their subordinates. We also found initial validity evidence for inferences made from TNA self-ratings of managerial competencies, which distinguished between employees in supervisory and non-supervisory positions. Practical and theoretical implications, as well as study limitations and directions for future research, are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01