SUPERVISOR COMMUNICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN MALAYSIA

A thorough review of human resource development literature shows that theability of supervisors to use good communication styles in managingprograms will invoke employees’ motivation to learn, this may lead toincreased positive individual attitudes and behaviors. The nature of thisrelationship is in...

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Main Authors: Azman ISMAIL, Sofiah BONGOGOH, Sheela Chitra CHANDRA SEGARAN, Rodney GAVIN, Rabaah TUDIN
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Language:English
Published: Universitaria Press Craiova 2009-01-01
Series:Management & Marketing
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Online Access:http://www.mnmk.ro/documents/2009/5_Azman%20Malaezia_FFF.pdf
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Sheela Chitra CHANDRA SEGARAN
Rodney GAVIN
Rabaah TUDIN
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description A thorough review of human resource development literature shows that theability of supervisors to use good communication styles in managingprograms will invoke employees’ motivation to learn, this may lead toincreased positive individual attitudes and behaviors. The nature of thisrelationship is interesting, but little is known about the influence ofemployees’ motivation to learn in training management literature. Therefore,this study was conducted to examine the effect of supervisor communicationin training program and motivation to learn on individual attitudes andbehaviors using 100 usable questionnaires gathered from technicalemployees who have worked in one city based local authority in EastMalaysia (CLAEASTMALAYSIA). Outcomes of stepwise regression analysisshowed that relationship between motivation to learn and supervisorcommunication had been an important predictor of transfer of competencyand job performance. Statistically, this result confirms that motivation to learndoes act as a full mediating role in the training model of the in theorganizational sample. In addition, implications and limitations of the study,as well as directions future research are discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-9f3c656b5e834bb0a12e0dff60d8cada2025-08-20T03:18:58ZengUniversitaria Press CraiovaManagement & Marketing1841-24162009-01-01715968SUPERVISOR COMMUNICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN MALAYSIAAzman ISMAILSofiah BONGOGOHSheela Chitra CHANDRA SEGARANRodney GAVINRabaah TUDINA thorough review of human resource development literature shows that theability of supervisors to use good communication styles in managingprograms will invoke employees’ motivation to learn, this may lead toincreased positive individual attitudes and behaviors. The nature of thisrelationship is interesting, but little is known about the influence ofemployees’ motivation to learn in training management literature. Therefore,this study was conducted to examine the effect of supervisor communicationin training program and motivation to learn on individual attitudes andbehaviors using 100 usable questionnaires gathered from technicalemployees who have worked in one city based local authority in EastMalaysia (CLAEASTMALAYSIA). Outcomes of stepwise regression analysisshowed that relationship between motivation to learn and supervisorcommunication had been an important predictor of transfer of competencyand job performance. Statistically, this result confirms that motivation to learndoes act as a full mediating role in the training model of the in theorganizational sample. In addition, implications and limitations of the study,as well as directions future research are discussed.http://www.mnmk.ro/documents/2009/5_Azman%20Malaezia_FFF.pdfsupervisor communicationmotivation to learnindividual attitudes and behaviors
spellingShingle Azman ISMAIL
Sofiah BONGOGOH
Sheela Chitra CHANDRA SEGARAN
Rodney GAVIN
Rabaah TUDIN
SUPERVISOR COMMUNICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN MALAYSIA
Management & Marketing
supervisor communication
motivation to learn
individual attitudes and behaviors
title SUPERVISOR COMMUNICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN MALAYSIA
title_full SUPERVISOR COMMUNICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN MALAYSIA
title_fullStr SUPERVISOR COMMUNICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN MALAYSIA
title_full_unstemmed SUPERVISOR COMMUNICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN MALAYSIA
title_short SUPERVISOR COMMUNICATION IN TRAINING PROGRAM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY IN MALAYSIA
title_sort supervisor communication in training program an empirical study in malaysia
topic supervisor communication
motivation to learn
individual attitudes and behaviors
url http://www.mnmk.ro/documents/2009/5_Azman%20Malaezia_FFF.pdf
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