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

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  • Homklin Tassanee

    (Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University)

  • Takahashi Yoshi

    (Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University)

  • Techakanont Kriengkrai

    (Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University)

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.

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  • Homklin Tassanee & Takahashi Yoshi & Techakanont Kriengkrai, 2013. "Testing Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Hierarchy of Training Evaluation: Evidence from Thailand's Automotive Industry," IDEC DP2 Series 3-4, Hiroshima University, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC).
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    Keywords

    Kirkpatrick's training evaluation model; training effectiveness; training evaluation;
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    • M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training

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