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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| author | Azman ISMAIL Sofiah BONGOGOH 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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