Training and development in the Visegrad countries during Covid-19

作     者：Tome, Eduardo Tracz-Krupa, Katarzyna Molek-Winiarska, Dorota 

作者机构：Univ Lusofona Humanidades & Tecnol Dept Econ Lisbon Portugal Wroclaw Univ Econ & Business Wroclaw Poland 

出 版 物：《EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT》 (欧洲工业培训杂志)

年 卷 期：2024年第48卷第7/8期

页      面：766-785页

学科分类：12[管理学] 120202[管理学-企业管理（含：财务管理、市场营销、人力资源管理）] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 

基　　金：Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland [015/RID/2018/19] 

主　　题：Training and development Covid-19 pandemic Visegrad countries (V4) 

摘      要：PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to define the impact of training and development (T&D) in the Visegrad countries (V4) as impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, namely, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. These countries have some political, cultural, social and economic similarities and share some common ground in the human resource development (HRD) ***/methodology/approachThe authors used the HRD theory and the human capital theory to analyse the context, operations and impact of T&D in the V4 countries due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The research was conducted in 400 companies, 100 from each of the four countries using the computer assisted web interviewing technique. The questionnaire was in a six-point Likert scale format and addressed 12 topics related to T&D: policy, expectations, procedures of diagnosis, preparation, implementation, monitoring, trainees, trainers, investment and expenditures, evaluation, results and *** authors concluded that in the Visegrad countries, Covid-19 raised expectations on T&D. This was followed by increased levels of action in diagnosis, preparation, monitoring and implementation, following pre-existing and adjusted policies. Evaluation and control were complicated. Investment and results and the human side of the T&D (trainees and trainers) were the ones for which there were more uncertainties and *** limitations/implicationsThe study has the limitation of using only a small sample in four countries. For further research, the authors suggest a larger study extended to all the European Union countries, an in-depth analysis of the current data and the kurtosis on Policy of T&*** implicationsThe results of the research can be used to improve T&D programs after the Covid-19 pandemic. They could also provide information to external trainers to improve and adjust their services according to the opinions of the respondents of the study. The research findings can also