Testing Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Hierarchy of Training Evaluation: Evidence from Thailand's Automotive Industry

Tassanee Homklin, Yoshi Takahashi and Kriengkrai Techakanont
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Tassanee Homklin: Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University
Kriengkrai Techakanont: Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University

No 3-4, IDEC DP2 Series from Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC)

Abstract: Several studies of training evaluation have failed to confirm the hierarchy relationship of reaction, learning, and behavior to results because of the difficulty of evaluating training. Furthermore, research in this area has tended to downplay the importance of level one (reaction) evaluation. In this study, we proposed investigating Kirkpatrick’s four-level hierarchy of training evaluation, focusing specifically on two types of reactions, affective and utility, to predict training outcomes. The results of this study expand our understanding of the progressive causal relationship of reaction, learning, and job behavior to results. In particular, this study highlighted the utility reactions in predicting training effectiveness. Implications and future research directions suggested by the results are also discussed.

Keywords: Kirkpatrick's training evaluation model; training effectiveness; training evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2013-05
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