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TRAINEES MOTIVATION TO TRANSFER HAS MODERATING EFFECT ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF TRAINEES LEARNING AND TRAINEES BEHAVIOUR IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES OF PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).16      10.31703/grr.2022(VII-II).16      Published : Jun 2022

Trainee's Motivation to Transfer has Moderating Effect on the Relationship of Trainees Learning and Trainee's Behaviour in Social Enterprises of Pakistan

Abstract

    Trainees' learning from training is an important factor for behavior change of the trainees.The current study's aim is to investigate the relationship between trainees' learning and trainee behavior in social enterprises operating in Pakistan. The study further investigates the moderating influence of trainees' motivation to transfer in the relationship amid trainees' learning and trainees' behavior. The questionnaires adopted relevant to variables were distributed among skill certification training program trainees of social enterprises in the cities ranked in the world entrepreneurship index-2018, including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Islamabad. A total of 394 responses to the completed survey questionnaire were received at two-time intervals. Different statistical tools, including Structure equation modelling (SEM) and others, were utilized on the collected data. The study found a significant relationship between trainees' learning and behavior, levels two and three of the Kirkpatrick model.However, the results did not support the second hypothesis of the moderating influence of trainees' motivation to transfer in the relationship between trainees' learning and trainees' behavior in social enterprises of Pakistan.

    Trainees' Learning, Trainees' Behavior, Trainees Motivation to Transfer, Social Enterprises, Skill Certification Training

    (1) Shahid Ali
    PhD Scholar, Institute of business studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Muhammad Tufail
    Assistant Professor, Institute of business studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Samra Kiran
    Assistant Professor, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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