Abstract

The purpose of this study is to propose organizational training model that explains the effect of many variables on the trainig outcomes (learning and transfer of training in organizations). Items that were supposed to measure each of the three constructs were collected, and a exploratory factor analysis performed to find out subfactors of each of the three constructs using 816 employees, who had experience on any kind of the organizational trainings, from six different corporations. The comprehensive training model that explains relationships among antecedent variables, learning, and transfer of training was proposed based on the previous researches. Then the data were collected through questionnaires from 816 employees in six different corporations. The hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed to testify the proposed model. Reseults indicated that the trainee characteristics and training design affected learning directly, and work environment had indirect effect on learning via the trainee characteristics. In addition, learning, the trainee characteristics, and the work environment affected the transfer of training directly. The trainee characteristics didn't have moderate the relationship between learning and transfer of training, and also the work environment didn't have moderate the relationship between learning and transfer of training. According to these relationships, the traning model was developed. The covariance structure analysis revealed that the developed model was well-fitted to the data.