Employees understanding, attitude and motivation on the needs of training in public sector / Siti Aidah Samir and Nadrah Jawahir Johari

A model was developed that suggest that there were three elements that can influence on the employee's training needs, namely understanding, attitude and motivation. The model was tested using a sample of individuals (N=141) respondents who is currently working at the Kompleks Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan Negeri Sabah. The result reveals that understanding, attitude and motivation can affect training needs. This research is important in determining the elements that can affect employees' training needs, and it is useful as it can be used by manager in better deciding and designing the training needs in future training program.