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Full Length Research Paper
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Justification
for skills transfer and validating a specific developed
measuring instrument
Naong Matsidiso Nehemia
School of Teacher Education, Faculty of Management Sciences,
Central University of Technology, Free State, Private Bag
X20539, Bloemfontein 9300,
South African. E-mail:
mnaong@cut.ac.za. Tel:
(051) 507 3324.
Accepted 24 March, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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The dire skills shortage exacerbated by the “brain-drain”
experienced in South Africa brought the debate around the
importance of training across industries at the centre stage.
South Africa as one of the strong emerging economies is arguably
not performing as well as it should. Investment in human capital
in the form of skills transfer has never been as critical as it
is today. It is a known fact that the quality of an organisation
is to a large degree, determined by the quality of people it
employs. The aim of this paper is in two-fold, firstly,
reporting on the reliability and validity of a developed
measuring instrument used in this study based on Kirkpatrick’s
evaluation of training framework. Secondly, reflecting on the
views expressed by (N = 118) purposively sampled employees
regarding the impact of skills transfer on their performance.
Key words:
Skills transfer, employee motivation, reliability, validity,
performance, factor analysis. |
