PETRIDOU, Eugenia N <br/><br/>
Designing training interventions :  human or technical skills training? 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> Training is seen as the key instrument in the implementation of Human Resource Management policies and practices in  both the private and public sector. The choice of the type of training, focused on human or tehcnical skills, is crucial in designing the training process. This field study investigates the personal and occupational characteristics of 444 public managers, condidates for human and technical skills training. A classification model is proposed which allow the selection and weighting of the candidate trainee`s personal and occupational differences in order to participate in one of the two types  of training. By means of the stepwise logistic regression method, gender, age, education, attitudes towards training, managerial level and job ternure have been identified as the significant variables associated with type of training