Affective commitment through further training: the roles of firm provision and employee participation

Abstract This study investigates the relation of further training and employees’ affective commitment by disentangling relevance a firm’s general support for individual’s actual participation. Using linked employer-employee data, we consider both perspective control several HR instruments additionally to usual demographics job characteristics. We also distinguish between subgroups employees regarding age schooling. Results show that participation in are positively related commitment. Furthermore, our results hint differences expectations amount training. Whereas there is no meaningful university graduates, measures individuals’ perceived personnel development particularly relevant this group employees.