The purpose of this study was to identify the levels of and relationships between training motivation,
training satisfaction, academic achievement, and field application predictability of employees. The trainees
who participated in the business support training and personal support worker training (3,720,519 trainees)
were the target population of the study. The final sample consisted of a total of 1,920 trainees, and, after
excluding unreliable responses, 1,767 questionnaires were used for the final analysis. In order to identify
the level and relationships between training motivation and related variables, descriptive statistics,
correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted. The findings of this study were as
follows. First, there was a difference between the levels of training motivation (2.58–4.25) of the
employees, but on a five-point scale, the level of training satisfaction (4.23), academic achievement (4.11),
and field application predictability (4.10) were very high Second, fostering professionalism through training
motivation directly affected (+) training satisfaction, academic achievement, and field application
predictability of employees. Motivating intellectual interest, symptoms change, and social relationships
directly affected (+) only training satisfaction, academic achievement, but not field application predictability.
Motivating social recognition had a direct impact (+) only on field application predictability. Motivating
growth within the organization directly affected (-) training satisfaction. Third, training satisfaction and
academic achievement of employees had mediating effects on the relationship between training motivation
and field application predictability. Fourth, academic achievement of employees had mediating effects on the
relationship between training satisfaction and field application predictability.