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nor disagreed, 11.9 percent (n = 16) disagreed and 8.1 percent (n = 11) strongly disagreed with the statement.
23.0 percent of the respondents (n = 31) strongly agreed and 54.8 percent of respondents (n = 74) agreed that their home-organisation benefited from the knowledge transferred by them. 16.3 percent of the respondents (n = 22) neither agreed nor disagreed, 5.9 percent (n = 8) disagreed and none of the strongly disagreed with the statement.
Nearly one fourth of the respondents (23.7 percent, n = 32) strongly agreed and 43.7 percent (n = 59) agreed that the implemented improvements created sustainable value for their home-organisation in the longer term. 21.5 percent of the respondents (n = 23) neither agreed nor disagreed, 11.1 percent (n = 15) disagreed and nobody strongly disagreed with the statement.
One respondent out of six (16.3 percent, n = 22) strongly agreed and 39.3 percent of respondents (n = 53) agreed with the statement that the way of “doing things” was changed in their home-organisation as a result of their participation in the Presidential Programme. 27.4 percent of respondents (n = 37) neither agreed nor disagreed, 13.3 percent (n = 18) disagreed and 3.7 percent (n = 5) strongly disagreed with the statement.
17.8 percent (n = 24) of survey participants strongly agreed and 41.5 percent (n = 56) agreed that there were improvements in the organisation’s results in both organisational and financial sphere. Almost three respondents out of ten (28.1 percent, n = 38) neither agreed nor disagreed, one tenth of survey participants (10.4 percent, n = 14) disagreed and 2.2 percent (n = 3) strongly disagreed with it.
27.4 percent of the respondents (n = 37) strongly agreed and 46.7 percent (n = 63) agreed that the knowledge provided during the Presidential Programme was applicable for their home-organisation. One respondent out of five (20.7 percent, n = 28) neither agreed nor disagreed, 4.4 percent (n = 6) disagreed and 0.7 percent (n = 1) strongly disagreed with the statement.
The ability of respondents to change the way of doing things in their home- organisation after participating in the Presidential Programme was affected by the ability to design, develop, defend and implement a strategic plan for respondents’ employer organisations in Russia, obtained by them during their internship at the host company, their interactions with the supervisor and other members of staff in a statistically significant level (p = .000). Impact was positive (b = .470) and with F-ration equal to 9.783 the observed variances were not incidental.
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