Effectiveness of training: The conceptual framework and methodological strategy of a longitudinal study in the Portuguese armed forces
Journal Title: Security and Defence Quarterly - Year 2019, Vol 24, Issue 2
Abstract
Considering that this research is still ongoing, this paper focuses on the presentation of the conceptual framework and its interconnection with the methodological strategy for the empirical study that aims to study the learning transfer to the workplace of professional military education in the context of the Portuguese Armed Forces. Factors related to the trainees’ individual characteristics, the organisational context, the courses design, the organisational learning culture, the organisational commitment and the expectations of career development, as well as the relationships established between these factors and the intention to transfer, throughout the lifelong learning process, will be discussed. The empirical study will be carried out at three junctures - before the training, at the end of the training and three to six months after the training. The study is conceptually based on Holton’s Holistic HRD Research and Evaluation (1996), Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behaviour (1991), Watkins and Marsick’s model of learning organisations (1993, 1996) and Meyer and Allen’s (1991) concept of organisational commitment. The study will be developed using a mixed strategy (quantitative/qualitative), applying a hypothetical-deductive and inductive reasoning, in which a longitudinal research design with a transversal component will be followed. The data collection for the empirical study will be done through a questionnaire, individual semi-structured interviews and discussion groups about the results.
Authors and Affiliations
Mariana Gaio Alves, Nuno Alberto Rodrigues Santos Loureiro
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP705894
- DOI https://doi.org/10.35467/sdq/106084
- Views 102
- Downloads 0
The international balance of power in the year 2050 (security implications)
The project aims at applying qualitative and quantitative methods to create a model of the international balance of power in 2050. This allows to create more accurate forecasts of future security environment development...
Defence diplomacy – an important tool for the implementation of foreign policy and security of the state
“Defence diplomacy” is a relatively new term, created in response to post-Cold War needs to name new tasks and international functions completed by the armed forces and the leadership of the Ministries of National Defenc...
Same threat, different answers? Comparing and assessing national cyber defence strategies in Central-Eastern Europe
In the article, National Cyber Security Strategies (NCSS) of the Central and Eastern European states are compared and assessed. After it had become evident that a variety of crucial new threats to national security had e...
Strengthening defence research as part of higher military education for future security challenges
This paper evaluates the potential for defence research to contribute to the long-term development of higher military education. Motivation for the paper emerged from recent organisational changes at the Ministry of Defe...
“Autonomisation” of security and defence systems
Development of systems with an evolving level of autonomy is among the most controversial and yet promising aspects of military forces’ modernisation. The application of quasi- artificial intelligence in combat machines...