Modification of Transferred Training Programmes for Multinational Chain Hotels in Korea

• Published in: International journal of training and development Vol. 2; no. 1; p. 27
• Main Authors: Lim, Doo H., Wentling, Rose Mary
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK and Boston, USA Blackwell Publishers Ltd 01.03.1998
• ISSN: 1360-3736; 1468-2419
• DOI: 10.1111/1468-2419.00032

Transfer of training programmes between countries has created a circumstance that enhances the knowledge and skills of human resources in developing or underdeveloped countries along with the influence of globalisation in recent decades. The purpose of the study was to explore the hotels in Korea. The study was based on both qualitative and quantitative methods. A questionnaire was sent to training managers of all the multinational chain hotels in Korea. In addition, telephone interviews were conducted with the training managers of these hotels. The cross‐case analysis revealed that the transfer of training programmes had certain patterns of modification shaped by the interacting factors in a three‐level hierarchy: cultural and technical, organisational, and modifiers’ personal level. Each level also was found to have a subset of factors influencing the modification patterns. Future research is recommended to investigate the framework of the study in other countries and industries.