The purpose of this study was to determine the appropriateness and importance of selected trianing and development roles and competencies identified in the United States to the case of Saudi Arabia. The emphasis on training and development in Saudi Arabia's national plans, coupled with a shortage of and demand for national manpower provided a need for this study. The population of interest consisted of Saudi nationals working in three major Saudi universities and in the Institute of Public Administration. The roles and competencies used were those identified in the literature reviewed (Aker, 1962; Civil Service Commission, 1976; Knowles, 1970; McLagan, 1983; Nadler, 1979). Data were collected using a questionnaire which was divided into three sections providing descriptive information, data relevant to the appropriateness and importance of roles, and data relevant to the appropriateness and importance of competencies, as peceived by respondents. / The purpose of the study was operationalized through four research objectives. To achieve the first two objectives, responses on a Likert-type scale were analyzed to establish the degree and ranking of appropriateness and importance for each role and competency. The remaining two objectives relevant to the degree of agreement on the appropriateness and importance of roles and competencies were achieved using rho correlation coefficients. / The findings indicate that these roles and competencies were appropriate and important. There was high agreement between respondents from the universities and respondents from the Institute of Public Administration concerning these findings. There was also high agreement concerning the appropriateness and importance of these roles and competencies between those respondents who obtained their most recent degree from Saudi Arabia and those who obtained theirs in the United States. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-07, Section: A, page: 1625. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76121 |
| Contributors | MOZAINI, AHMED ALI., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 168 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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