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An Empirical Study Into The Learning Transfer Process In Management Training

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  • A. A. Huczynski
  • J. W. Lewis

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Two management technique courses with very specific objectives were compared. Participants completed a series of pre‐and post‐course questionnaires to establish whether they intended to transfer their training to their work and whether they had in fact done so. A number of characteristics were found to distinguish the learning ‘experimentors’ from the ‘non‐experimentors’. More of the experimentors had attended the course on their own initiative, more of them believed the course would be beneficial to them on the job prior to attending it, and a greater proportion had had pre‐course discussions with their boss. It was found that transfer attempts were more likely to be successful and beneficial where the boss ‘sponsored’ the new idea. Organizational factors found to inhibit training transfer included ‘overload of work’, ‘crisis work’ and ‘failure to convince older workers’. The main facilitating factors were related to the preparedness of the superior to listen to new ideas and allow experimentation with them. The management style and attitudes of the trainee's boss were found to be the single most important factor in management training transfer.

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  • A. A. Huczynski & J. W. Lewis, 1980. "An Empirical Study Into The Learning Transfer Process In Management Training," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 17(2), pages 227-240, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:17:y:1980:i:2:p:227-240
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1980.tb00086.x
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    1. Hinrichs, Anja-Christina, 2014. "Predictors of Collateral Learning Transfer in Continuing Vocational Training," International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET), European Research Network in Vocational Education and Training (VETNET), European Educational Research Association, vol. 1(1), pages 35-56.
    2. Ismael Velasco & Marie K Harder, 2014. "From Attitude Change to Behaviour Change: Institutional Mediators of Education for Sustainable Development Effectiveness," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(10), pages 1-23, September.
    3. Imran Khan & Sabiya Mufti & Nazir Ahmed Nazir, 2015. "Transfer of Training: A Reorganized Review on Work Environment and Motivation to Transfer," International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia, vol. 4(2), pages 197-219.

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