Perceptions of improvement in job performance by participants in training courses: results from the 1993 survey of training and education

This paper examines patterns of responses to the question: has (any of) that training helped you do a better job? The question was asked in the 1993 'Survey of training and education' (STE), conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), based on the labour force component of the monthly population survey conducted by the ABS in April and May 1993. The analyses in this paper deal with training courses undertaken during the previous 12 months by those respondents who were employees at any time during the 12 months preceding the interview. Two types of training courses are considered: in-house training and external training. Results are presented separately for the two types of training courses. The focus of the paper is on courses rather than individuals. Differences are considered between the categories of a range of demographic and employment variables for participants and a number of characteristics of the training courses themselves. Show less