This study aims to assess the association between managers' support, motivation to learn, and training application. The survey method utilizes to collect data from employees at Central Government Agencies in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The SmartPLS was employed to evaluate the quality of survey questionnaire data and test the research hypotheses. SmartPLS path analysis model's findings displayed that managers' support affects training application by the mediation with motivation to learn. This finding provides essential recommendations that practitioners may use to understand different motivations to learn and formulate a training master plan that may inspire employees to maintain and accomplish their organizations' strategies and goals in times of global competition and economic uncertainty.JEL Classification: M53, M54How to Cite:Mohamad, N. I., Ismail, A., & Nor, A. M. (2021). Relationship Between Managers’ Support and Training Application with Motivation to Learn as Mediator. Etikonomi, 20(1), 119 – 136. https://doi.org/10.15408/etk.v20i1.15231.

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Work stress may affect organizational performance and well-being. Recent studies disclosed that work stress consists three important elements, namely responsibility ambiguity, responsibility conflict and workload responsibility. High level of work stress does not enhance work-family conflict with supervisors' willingness to provide effective support in organizations. Although this relationship were widely researched, the role of supervisor support as an essential moderating variable is not thoroughly discussed in the organizational behavior research literature. This research was carried out to evaluate the relationship between work stress, supervisor support and work-family conflict. Self-report questionnaires were applied to gather data from employees at a central agency of Malaysian federal government. The results of SmartPLS displayed that high level of work stress (responsibility ambiguity, responsibility conflict and workload responsibility) had not enhanced work-family conflict with supervisors' willingness to provide effective support in executing daily job operations. Therefore, this result can be used as important recommendations by management to understand the multidimensional concept of supervisor support and formulate employee assistant programs in order to maintain and support their organizations' vision and missions in times of globalization and unpredictable economic.

This research was conducted to assess the relationship between the role of administrators in training programs and the motivation level of the trainees. The data were collected through a survey method conducted on employees at a government agency in East Malaysia. The outcomes of SmartPLS path model analysis show three important findings. First, administrators’ roles in training programs are significantly related to trainees’ motivation. Second, provision of support is significantly linked to the motivation of the trainees. Third, communication is significantly related to the motivation level of the trainees. Thus, the findings indicate that administrators’ roles, support, and communication act as significant determinants of trainees’ motivation in an organizational sample.