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

Homklin Tassanee

Takahashi Yoshi

Techakanont Kriengkrai

IDEC DP2 Series

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.

Kirkpatrick's training evaluation model

training effectiveness

training evaluation

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英語

広島大学大学院国際協力研究科