Self-Assessment of Training Impact at Work: Validation of a Measurement Scale

Abstract

This paper describes the development and validation of a measurement scale for Training Impact at Work Impact is defined as the training long-term effect on work performance, motivation and/or attitudes. Two weeks after training, a questionnaire with 12 impact evaluation items was applied to participants from 226 courses that had been offered by a Brazilian public organization. The 1.270 valid answers were submitted to factor analyses (PAF, direct-oblimin) and to reliability analyses (Cronbach’s Alpha). A two sub-scale structure was found (a=0.86; r=.56) accounting for 60 percent of the impact variability. A single factor structure was also found and it is similarly reliable (a=.90), accounting for 45 percent of the variability. Both structures are useful, reliable and valid