The Relationship Between Vocational Training Program Characteristics for Prison Inmates, Organizational and Family Support, Transfer Intention: Focused on Moderating Effect of Hairdressing Vocational Training

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of characteristics of vocational training program for prison inmates including job relevance, educational method, educational environment, instructor qualities on transfer intention. And it is confirmed whether there are mediating effects of organizational and family support and moderating effects of vocational training program between characteristics of training program and transfer intention. For the purpose of this study, 756 samples were collected from prison inmates who participated in vocational training program. The analytical method of this study conducted frequency analysis, reliability and correlation analysis, using SPSS WIN 23.0 program, as well as confirmatory factor analysis, multi-parametric model analysis, multi-group confirmatory factor analysis and multi-group analysis using AMOS 21.0 program. The results of this study are as follows. First, job relevance, a sub-factor of vocational training program characteristics, was found to have a positive significant effect on transfer intention. Second, job relevance, education method, and education environment were found to have a significant positive effect on organizational support. Lastly, in the path from family support to transfer intention, the hairdressing group was found to have a stronger positive influence than other groups. Accordingly, this study compared mediating effects of organizational support and family support in the relationship between the characteristics of correctional institution vocational training programs and transfer intention and analyzed whether there were differences between the hairdressing group and other groups, which were control variables. We aim to provide basic data so that the training program can be effectively applied in practice.