TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of the need for postgraduate training
AU - Quintero-Sepúlveda, Isabel Cristina
AU - Ospina-Nieto, Yovanny
AU - Cubillos-González, Rolando Arturo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - This paper establishes the determinants of professionals’ postgraduate training needs. A quantitative survey of a sample of 492 professionals from Valle del Cauca, Colombia was conducted. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling to verify the research hypotheses. The results show that the factors affecting the need for postgraduate training are individuals’ perceptions about their level of skill development and about the benefits of professional development. The findings suggest that career advancement is the most valued outcome of postgraduate training. Fieldwork was conducted with a sample of professionals located in the Valle del Cauca in Colombia, so it is important to continue validating the hypotheses in other regions to enable a comparison of results from different contexts. The study contributes to an understanding of the relationship between the variables and the explanation of the determinants of professionals’ perceptions of the need for postgraduate training. It also provides elements for decision-making in the strategic design of postgraduate training offerings. Considering the scarcity of research on the variables that determine the need for postgraduate training, this study provides one of the first theoretical and empirical validations of a perceptual measurement scale of professional training needs in Latin America.
AB - This paper establishes the determinants of professionals’ postgraduate training needs. A quantitative survey of a sample of 492 professionals from Valle del Cauca, Colombia was conducted. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling to verify the research hypotheses. The results show that the factors affecting the need for postgraduate training are individuals’ perceptions about their level of skill development and about the benefits of professional development. The findings suggest that career advancement is the most valued outcome of postgraduate training. Fieldwork was conducted with a sample of professionals located in the Valle del Cauca in Colombia, so it is important to continue validating the hypotheses in other regions to enable a comparison of results from different contexts. The study contributes to an understanding of the relationship between the variables and the explanation of the determinants of professionals’ perceptions of the need for postgraduate training. It also provides elements for decision-making in the strategic design of postgraduate training offerings. Considering the scarcity of research on the variables that determine the need for postgraduate training, this study provides one of the first theoretical and empirical validations of a perceptual measurement scale of professional training needs in Latin America.
KW - Educational needs
KW - perception of training
KW - postgraduate training
KW - professional skills
KW - structural equations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132701304&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/09504222221110468
DO - 10.1177/09504222221110468
M3 - Artículo en revista científica indexada
AN - SCOPUS:85132701304
SN - 0950-4222
VL - 37
SP - 143
EP - 152
JO - Industry and Higher Education
JF - Industry and Higher Education
IS - 1
ER -