Thomas Garavan
Training and Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Temporal, Institutional and Organizational Context Moderators
Garavan, Thomas; McCarthy, Alma; Lai, Yanqing; Murphy, Kevin; Sheehan, Maura; Carbery, Ronan
Authors
Alma McCarthy
Yanqing Lai
Kevin Murphy
Prof Maura Sheehan M.Sheehan@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Ronan Carbery
Abstract
Drawing on systems theory, we conducted a moderated meta-analysis of the training and organizational performance relationship using 119 primary studies. We examined the moderating effects of quality versus quantity of training, time, institutional, and organizational context factors in the relationship between training and organizational performance. Our findings reveal that training is positively and directly related to organizational performance with no statistically significant difference between measures of training quality and quantity. We found that the relationship was stronger over time and that country performance orientation and country labor cost moderate the training and organizational performance relationship. We found no evidence for the moderating effects of the three organizational context moderators we examined (i.e., industry sector, organizational size and technology intensity). Finally, our results reveal that training type (i.e., general or firm-specific) does not moderate the training and organizational performance relationship.
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Garavan, T., McCarthy, A., Lai, Y., Murphy, K., Sheehan, M., & Carbery, R. (2021). Training and Organizational Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Temporal, Institutional and Organizational Context Moderators. Human Resource Management Journal, 31(1), 93-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12284
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 10, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 3, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2021-01 |
Deposit Date | Jan 23, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 4, 2022 |
Journal | Human Resource Management Journal |
Print ISSN | 0954-5395 |
Electronic ISSN | 1748-8583 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 31 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 93-119 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12284 |
Keywords | Training; Organizational performance; Meta-analysis; Moderators |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2497890 |
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