The Reasons behind the Differences Between Chinese and U.S. Training Programs
Open Access
Author:
Cai, Jizhao
Graduate Program:
Human Resources and Employment Relations
Degree:
Master of Science
Document Type:
Master Thesis
Date of Defense:
November 01, 2019
Committee Members:
Elaine Farndale, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor Bora Kwon, Committee Member Paul Clark, Program Head/Chair Dorothea Roumpi, Committee Member
Keywords:
training program China U.S.A.
Abstract:
This thesis reviewed scholar articles about training programs in the United State of America (U.S.A.) and China and provided explanations for the differences between training programs in these two countries. With secondary data provided by an academic network called Cranet, this thesis hypothesized that training days and training costs would be different in the private and public sector between the U.S.A. and China. Inspired by previous studies on training, this thesis also created a concept called systematic training and hypothesized that the relationship between the systematic training and two other indexes, the organizational performance and the employee turnover rate, would also be different in China and the U.S.A. The results from hypotheses tests confirm that the differences between two countries exist, but statistically, they are not as obvious as expected.
