Training valence, instrumentality, and expectancy scale (T‐VIES‐it): Factor structure and nomological network in an Italian sample

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to validate, in an Italian sample, a multidimensional training motivation measure (T‐VIES‐it) based on expectancy (VIE) theory, and to examine the nomological network surrounding the construct.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a cross‐sectional design study, 258 public sector employees in Northeast Italy (participating in a range of employer‐sponsored training programs) filled out the T‐VIES‐it and questionnaires on goal orientation, job support for learning, and intention to transfer learning gained through training to the workplace. To validate the T‐VIES‐it and test its nomological network confirmatory factor analysis and structural equations models were used.

Findings

Results showed acceptable confirmatory factor analysis fit indices and psychometric properties of the T‐VIES‐it. Acceptable fit indexes were also found for the structural equations models tested. The modified model showed significant relations between learning goal orientation and the three dimensions of training motivation; and between the expectancy subscale and job support and intention to transfer.

Originality/value

The paper highlights that the T‐VIES‐it is a validated multidimensional assessment of training motivation, and the first its kind in Italian. The scale should provide value in training evaluations and in research related to training motivation.

Citation

Zaniboni, S., Fraccaroli, F., Truxillo, D.M., Bertolino, M. and Bauer, T.N. (2011), "Training valence, instrumentality, and expectancy scale (T‐VIES‐it): Factor structure and nomological network in an Italian sample", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 133-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665621111108792