An empirical examination of the effects of selfefficacy, supervisor support and motivation to learn on transfer intention

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1221-1244

  AlEisa, Abdulkarim S ^a   Alhemoud, Abdulla M ^a   Furayyan, Musaed A ^b  

^a ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Management development; Management effectiveness; Saudi Arabia; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350317477     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910984514     Document Type: Article

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