Construct of Extensive Training: Towards an Instrument of Measuring it

Abstract

Modern day’s organizations are facing fierce competitions and are in need of high-quality employees with high competencies. This has become a greater challenge for organizations. Recruitment and selection of a right talent is getting tougher, and tougher even there are many qualified. High performance work practices bring competitive advantage to such organizations. Extensive training is one such high performance work practice. This study aims to provide a working definition for extensive training. Extensive training is endowed with knowledge, skills and attitudes of employee continuously with the intention of covering a boarder scope without restricting to a one particular job. A scale to measure the construct of extensive training through conceptualization and operationalization is also provided as a part of the study. As a part of the study examples from the military context were also provided.