The influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study

Organizations invest considerably in training and development programmes anticipating successful outcomes. An unsuccessful training is often associated with poor return on investment. An effective training focuses on two critical components, which are the design of the training, also known as traini...

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Main Author: Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103618/
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description Organizations invest considerably in training and development programmes anticipating successful outcomes. An unsuccessful training is often associated with poor return on investment. An effective training focuses on two critical components, which are the design of the training, also known as training design factors comprising of perceived content validity and transfer design, as well as training transfer, but few of them focus on the context of academics in university. Thus, this preliminary study aims to expand training and development body of knowledge through the investigation of the relationships and influence of training design factors on training transfer. This quantitative, correlational research uses simple random sampling technique to determine the required sample size. This study involves a total of 100 academics who are working in a public, research university in Malaysia. The academics have previously attended a training programme organized by the university prior to participating in this study. Results show that both training design factors i.e., perceived content validity and transfer design are significantly related to but are not significantly influencing training transfer among the academics. It is highly recommended for future researchers to replicate this study with a bigger sample size and to include other variables related to training transfer as well.
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spelling upm-1036182023-05-08T07:18:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103618/ The influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah Organizations invest considerably in training and development programmes anticipating successful outcomes. An unsuccessful training is often associated with poor return on investment. An effective training focuses on two critical components, which are the design of the training, also known as training design factors comprising of perceived content validity and transfer design, as well as training transfer, but few of them focus on the context of academics in university. Thus, this preliminary study aims to expand training and development body of knowledge through the investigation of the relationships and influence of training design factors on training transfer. This quantitative, correlational research uses simple random sampling technique to determine the required sample size. This study involves a total of 100 academics who are working in a public, research university in Malaysia. The academics have previously attended a training programme organized by the university prior to participating in this study. Results show that both training design factors i.e., perceived content validity and transfer design are significantly related to but are not significantly influencing training transfer among the academics. It is highly recommended for future researchers to replicate this study with a bigger sample size and to include other variables related to training transfer as well. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2022 Article PeerReviewed Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah (2022) The influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12 (12). 1252 - 1262. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/15715/The-Influence-of-Training-Design-Factors-on-Training-Transfer-A-Preliminary-Study 10.6007/IJARBSS/v12-i12/15715
spellingShingle Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah
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title The influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study
title_full The influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study
title_fullStr The influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study
title_full_unstemmed The influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study
title_short The influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study
title_sort influence of training design factors on training transfer: a preliminary study
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