The present study aims to analyze the variation effect of gender on the
motivation, social support and goal orientation of the trainee in Malaysia. The
study collects as sample comprises trainees at “GIATMARA”, a semigovernment
owned training institution. Altogether 21 training centers in
peninsular Malaysia were involved in the study. The data analysis was based on
responses from 245 female and 96 male respondents. The data were collected
via a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire contains measures which were
adopted from past studies. Overall, it was found that female trainees registered
higher mean values than males across all the key research variables and the
differences were significant for all variables except goal orientation. The
theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed.
