Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Managers' personal values as predictors of importance attached to training and development: a cross-country exploratory study

McGuire, David; Garavan, Thomas N.; O'Donnell, David; Saha, Sudhir K.; Cseh, Maria

Authors

Thomas N. Garavan

David O'Donnell

Sudhir K. Saha

Maria Cseh



Abstract

Few empirical studies have examined the effect of personal values on the importance attached by individuals to training and development in organizations. We argue that personal values play an important role in decision-making processes (i.e. commitment to training and development) and that such values are the product of socialization processes operating at an organizational and societal level. Questionnaire data were collected from 340 Irish and Canadian line managers to test the hypothesis that personal values affect the importance attached by respondents to training and development. Capability values were found to be a significant positive predictor of the perceived importance of training and development. The findings emphasize the need for simultaneously examining both personal values and organizational factors as predictors of training and development activity.

Citation

McGuire, D., Garavan, T. N., O'Donnell, D., Saha, S. K., & Cseh, M. (2008). Managers' personal values as predictors of importance attached to training and development: a cross-country exploratory study. Human Resource Development International, 11, 335-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678860802261520

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Aug 5, 2008
Publication Date 2008
Deposit Date Aug 3, 2016
Journal Human Resource Development International
Print ISSN 1367-8868
Electronic ISSN 1469-8374
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Pages 335-350
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13678860802261520
Keywords training and development, personal values, line managers
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/323735