TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper was to examine whether there is a relationship between goal attainment and overall training satisfaction among vocational education and training (VET) completers, and in turn whether this relationship varies across the different goals for undertaking training in a VET course.Design/methodology/approach A request was made to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research in Australia for access to the unit record data from the 2016 Student Outcomes Survey. Approval was obtained. The final sample comprised 149,632 students who completed a VET course in 2016, where 55 per cent of the sample were women and the average age was 36.55 years (SD=13.17).Findings Students who achieved or did not yet know whether they had achieved their training goal were more satisfied with their overall training compared with those who partly achieved their goal, who in turn were more satisfied than those who did not attain their goal across the various training goals. However, participants who were training for personal reasons or reasons other than for employment or pursuing further study, and either partly achieved, did not achieve or did not know yet whether they had achieved their training goal reported the lowest levels of training satisfaction, although these participants were still satisfied overall with their training.Originality/value These results highlight the importance of understanding the impact of goals on achievement-related activities and should be used to inform learning and teaching approaches as well as the provision of support services in the VET sector.
VL  - 61
IS  - 4
SN  - 0040-0912
DO  - 10.1108/ET-11-2018-0242
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-11-2018-0242
AU  - Skues Jason
AU  - Alexander Sarah-Louise
AU  - Wise Lisa
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Examining the impact of goal attainment and training goal on overall training satisfaction among vocational education and training completers
T2  - Education + Training
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 523
EP  - 532
Y2  - 2024/05/12
ER  -