Exploring the Mediating Role of Training on the Relationship between Future Orientation and Context Performance

Jih-Hua Yang^1, , Shih-Chieh Fang¹ and Ching-Ying Huang¹

¹Department of Business Administration, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

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Jih-Hua Yang, Shih-Chieh Fang and Ching-Ying Huang. Exploring the Mediating Role of Training on the Relationship between Future Orientation and Context Performance. Journal of Business and Management Sciences. 2017; 5(3):93-99. doi: 10.12691/JBMS-5-3-4

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the mediating role of training (perceived trainer performance, PTP; perceived usefulness of training, PUT and perceived efficiency of training, PET) between future orientation and context performance. Questionnaire was the tool of collecting data from a sample of (210) pharmacists. The results of the study indicated that there is a positive effect of future orientation on context performance. Also, there is partial effect of the three mediator variables (perceived trainer performance, PTP; perceived usefulness of training, PUT and perceived efficiency of training, PET) on the relationship between independent and dependent variables.

Keywords

perceived trainer performance, perceived usefulness of training, perceived efficiency of training, future orientation, task performance

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