Factors affecting overseas training in Libyan oil companies

Training initiatives are a world-wide phenomena, particularly in developing countrieswhich have been using overseas training as a part of their overall development strategy.However, although there is substantial literature regarding training practices globally.there is no comprehensive framework that embraces all the factors affecting trainingthat is conducted abroad. This research is aimed at developing such a frame\vork, usingLibya as a precise case that will allow for the identification of the key factors affectingoverseas training, and will further permit some generalisation to other developingcountries.The research is qualitative in nature, employing a case study approach and using semistructuredinterviews as the main data collection tool within two Libyan oil companies.Several tools are used in order to achieve triangulation, to fully understand the overseastraining practices in the two case organisations, and to establish the factors affecting theoverseas training. This approach allowed revisions to be made to the theoreticalframework derived from the literature by the author, resulting in a specific model ofrelevance to overseas training.Contributions to knowledge on both academic and practical levels are evident by thestudy, which represents the first attempt to empirically investigate overseas trainingactivities in Libyan Oil Companies. The original contribution of the research is thedeveloped framework. Other novel contributions of the study are the identification ofseveral new factors that could affect overseas training programmes, and the addition ofnew knowledge that both supports and contradicts the existing literature about training.Moreover, the study has attempted to address the problems raised when applying therecommendations in the literature to a cultural context other than that on which theliterature was based. Practically, the study has implications for both managers andpractitioners, such as the preparation of trainees before sending them abroad,monitoring trainees during overseas training, difficulties encountered by traineesabroad, especially in western countries, the evaluation of overseas training, and theimportance of incentives and reward when managing overseas training. The frameworkdeveloped in the study presents the critical elements and factors that can enhance andjeopardise the success of overseas training.

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral (Level 8)

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Ibrahem, FEA

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

oai:salford-repository.worktribe.com:1389666

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:salford-repository.worktribe.com:1389666