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A micro-level outcomes evaluation of a skills capacity intervention within the South African public service: Towards an impact evaluation
- Source :
- South African Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol 16, Iss 0, Pp e1-e9 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- AOSIS, 2018.
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Abstract
- Orientation: Interest in measuring the impact of skills development interventions has increased in recent years. Research purpose: This article reports on an outcomes evaluation under the ambit of an impact assessment with reference to a research methodology workshop. Motivation of the study: A paucity of studies could be found measuring the workshop outcomes, especially within the public service as it pertains to training interventions. Research approach/design and method: A pretest–post-test research design was implemented. A paired-sample t -test was used to measure the knowledge increase while controlling for the influence of previous training by means of an analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis. Main findings: Results indicated that the increase in research methodology knowledge was statistically significant. Previous training influenced the model only by 0.8%, which was not statistically significant. Practical/managerial implications: It is recommended that the suggested framework and methodology be utilised in future research as well as in monitoring and evaluation endeavours covering various training interventions. Contribution/value add: The study provides evidence of the impact generated by a training intervention, within the South African Public Service. Thus, addressing a research gap in the corpus of knowledge.
- Subjects :
- Research design
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
lcsh:Personnel management. Employment management
Impact evaluation
education
Psychological intervention
training outcomes
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
0504 sociology
Intervention (counseling)
pretest-posttest
030212 general & internal medicine
Demography
Medical education
Impact assessment
05 social sciences
lcsh:HF5549-5549.5
050401 social sciences methods
public service training
Monitoring and evaluation
Test (assessment)
training evaluation framework
Public service
Psychology
knowledge increase
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 2071078X and 16837584
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SA Journal of Human Resource Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b2637299a464ceb86acd55c12ce94208