TITLE:
The Other Side of Goal Orientation and Training Outcomes: Mediating Role of Training Motivation
AUTHORS:
Hassan Rasool, Fuwad Bashir, Rauf-i-Azam, Zafar Moeen Nasir
KEYWORDS:
Goal Orientation, Training Motivation, Training Outcomes
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Service Science and Management,
Vol.8 No.5,
October
27,
2015
ABSTRACT: The effect of goal orientation on training motivation and training outcomes is measured from a sample of 216 employees. The empirical evidence confirms that state goal orientation is a three dimensional construct (performance, learning and refusal) and it predicts training motivation and training outcomes. It establishes that training programs in organizations have learning and less explored “non-learning” outcomes. And training motivation mediates the relationship between goal orientation and both outcomes. Implications of these new insights for academicians and practitioners are discussed.