RESEARCH TOPIC: Exploring the effect of training and development on employee

retention

Questionnaire
Dear Respondent,

………………………………………………………..

Rating scale:
1-17 & 29-34 & 35-55
1 2 3 4 5
Highly Disagree Disagree I am Neutral on this Agree Highly Agree

Rating scale:
18-24
1 2 3 4 5
Very important Important I am Neutral on Moderately Low importance
this/no answer important
Rating scale:
25
1 2 3 4 5
Not at all satisfied Slightly satisfied I am Neutral on this Satisfied Very Satisfied
Rating scale:
26-28
1 2 3 4 5
Very Poor Poor I am Neutral on this Good Excellent

Using above scale, please pick your rating as per your best knowledge about the statement given below.

# STATEMENTS RATING
Competent I/V
Staff
(Miha 2010)– DOI # doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2010.02.080
Škerlavaj ,
Ji Hoon
Song ,
Youngmin
Lee
The importance of the skill or competence, in your opinion, for work in your
organization;

1. Capacity for applying theoretical knowledge into practice 1 2 3 4 5

2. Planning and time management 1 2 3 4 5

3. Basic knowledge in the field 1 2 3 4 5

4. Ability to analyze various situations. 1 2 3 4 5

5 1 2 3 4 5
Communication Skills

6 1 2 3 4 5
Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team

7 1 2 3 4 5
Research skills

8 1 2 3 4 5
Ability to learn

9 Information management skills (ability to retrieve and analyses information from 1 2 3 4 5

different sources)
10 1 2 3 4 5
Critical and self-critical abilities

11 1 2 3 4 5
Capacity to adapt to new situations

12 1 2 3 4 5
Capacity for generating new ideas

13 1 2 3 4 5
Problem solving

14 1 2 3 4 5
Decision-making

15 1 2 3 4 5
Teamwork

16 1 2 3 4 5
Interpersonal skills

17 Leadership 1 2 3 4 5
In view of the experience of your organization, please appreciate the
importance of the following competencies whereby “No
answer”=Neutral

18 Technical skills related to Product/services processing, technology 1 2 3 4 5

and other disciplines
19 1 2 3 4 5
Practical skills and expertise
20 1 2 3 4 5
Marketing and commercial skills
21 ICT - information and communication technology - skills, office 1 2 3 4 5
management
22 Managerial and business skills. 1 2 3 4 5
Project planning and management
23 1 2 3 4 5
Communication skills (langage, cultural issues, etc)
24 1 2 3 4 5
Legal knowledge about product

Recruitment
and
selection
I/V

(Yu-Ru, DOI: 10.1080/095851900339936

Hsu, 2011)
25 The organization clearly define the position objectives, 1 2 3 4 5
requirements and candidate specifications in the recruitment
process?
26 How well are the organization’s affirmative action needs clarified and 1 2 3 4 5
supported in the selection process?
27 Rate the effectiveness of the interviewing process and other selection 1 2 3 4 5
instruments, such as testing?
28 Rate how well HR finds good candidates from non-traditional sources 1 2 3 4 5
when Necessary?
29 The organization doing timeliness recruitment and Selection process. 1 2 3 4 5

30 HR provides an adequate pool of quality applicants? 1 2 3 4 5

31 The HR Department is efficient in Selection Policy of the employees ? 1 2 3 4 5

32 HR maintains an adequate pool of quality “protected class” 1 2 3 4 5

applicants?

33 HR team act as a consultant to enhance the quality of the applicant 1 2 3 4 5

pre-screening process?
34 HR train hiring employees to make the best hiring decisions? 1 2 3 4 5

Organizatio
nal
Performanc
e
D/V
(Miha DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2010.02.0
Škerlavaj , 80
Ji Hoon
Song ,
Youngmin,
2010)
35 Employees in our organization are an extremely important source of 1 2 3 4 5
information
36 Previous decisions are a very useful source of information for current 1 2 3 4 5
decisions.
37 New business methods and services are always worth trying even if they 1 2 3 4 5
may prove risky.
38 Reports prepared by external experts are an extremely important source of
information
39 Our organization uses a clipping service – the regular collection of papers
and articles of interest to us.
40 Our competitors are an extremely important source for learning new
methods and services
41 Expertise on the industry, products, and services is an extremely important
criterion for hiring a new employee
42 Joint tasks and mergers contribute a great deal of knowledge about industry
and economic environment, new methods, and services/products
43 Top managers in any important decision seek information or advice from
the board of directors or owners (in general).
44 Top managers in any important decision seek information or advice from
sources outside the company
45 Our organization has employees whose job is related to searching for
external information
46 External sources (reports, consultants, newsletters, etc.) are extremely
important for the operations of our organization
47 In our organization we explicitly reward employees that are a source of
quality information
48 In our organization we often organize internal training of our employees.
49 We frequently send our employees to various seminars, workshops,
conferences with intention to acquire information
50 Our information system allows for efficient and effective exchange of
information within the organization.
51 All members of our organization are aware what the goals of the
organization are.
52 We frequently hold meetings with the purpose to inform employees
53 We have formal mechanisms and systems that ensure transfer of best
practices among various areas of work (e.g., reward systems based on
group performance).
54 In our organization we have individuals that work in more than one team
or project groups together with individuals from other organizational units.
55 We have individuals dedicated to collecting and internal dissemination of
improvement propositions from employees
DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

56 Gender:  Male  Female

57 Age: 18-25 26-32 33-40 40-45 46+

58 Qualifications:  Primary High  Bachelor's Degree  Master Degree

59 Employment:
Working in a position related to your degree 
Working in a position not related to your degree 
Seeking opportunities 
Retired 
60 Number of employees:
0-9 employee’s 
10-19 employees 
20-49 employees 
50-249 employees 
250-499 employees 
500+ employee’s 

How would you rate the employment potential of your degree?

61
Very poor 
Poor 
Fair 
Good 
Very Good 

Do you feel that the education you have received at the university has been beneficial in the
practical job field?
62
Very much 
Much 
Some 
Little 
Very little 