An investigation into the relationship between training evaluation and the transfer of training

International Journal of Training and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-127

  Saks, Alan M ^a   Burke, Lisa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860534185     PISSN: 13603736     EISSN: 14682419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2011.00397.x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Aguinis, H. and Kraiger, K. (2009), 'Benefits of training and development for individuals and teams, organizations, and society', Annual Review of Psychology, 60, 451-74.
2. Alliger, G. M. and Janak, E. A. (1989), 'Kirkpatrick's levels of training criteria', Personnel Psychology, 42, 331-42.
3. Alliger, G. M., Tannenbaum, S. I., Bennett, W. Jr, Traver, H. and Shotland, A. (1997), 'A meta-analysis of the relations among training criteria', Personnel Psychology, 50, 341-58.
4. Aragón-Sánchez, A., Barba-Aragon, I. and Sanz-Valle, R. (2003), 'Effects of training on business results', International Journal of Human Resource Management, 14, 956-80.
5. Baldwin, T. T. and Ford, K. J. (1988), 'Transfer of training: a review and directions for future research', Personnel Psychology, 41, 63-105.
6. Baldwin, T. T. and Magjuka, R. J. (1991), 'Organizational training and signals of importance: linking pretraining perceptions to intentions to transfer', Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2, 25-36.
7. Baldwin, T. T., Ford, K. J. and Blume, B. D. (2009), 'Transfer of training 1988-2008: an updated review and agenda for future research', International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 24, 41-70.
8. Bates, R. A. (2003), Managers as Transfer Agents: Improving Learning Transfer in Organizations (San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass).
9. Blanchard, P. N., Thacker, J. W. and Way, S. A. (2000), 'Training evaluation: perspectives and evidence from Canada', International Journal of Training and Development, 4, 295-304.
10. Blume, B. D., Ford, J. K., Baldwin, T. T. and Huang, J. L. (2010), 'Transfer of training: a meta-analytic review', Journal of Management, 36, 1065-105.
11. Brinkerhoff, R. O. and Montesino, M. U. (1995), 'Partnerships for training transfer: lessons from a corporate study', Human Resource Development Quarterly, 6, 263-74.
12. Broad, M. L. and Newstrom, J. W. (1992), Transfer of Training: Action Packed Strategies to Ensure High Payoff from Training Investments (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley).
13. Brown, K. G. and Gerhardt, M. W. (2002), 'Formative evaluation: an integrative practice model and case study', Personnel Psychology, 55, 951-83.
14. Brown, K. G. and Sitzmann, T. (2011), 'Training and Employee Development for Improved Performance', in S. Zedeck (ed.), Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Vol. 2 (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association), pp. 469-503.
15. Burke, L. A. (2001), 'Training Transfer: Ensuring Training Gets Used on the Job', in L. A. Burke (ed.), High-Impact Training Solutions: Top Issues Troubling Trainers (Westport, CT: Quorum Books), pp. 89-116.
16. Burke, L. A. and Hutchins, H. M. (2007), 'Training transfer: an integrative literature review', Human Resource Development Review, 6, 263-96.
17. Burke, L. A. and Hutchins, H. M. (2008), 'A study of best practices in training transfer and proposed model of transfer', Human Resource Development Quarterly, 19, 107-28.
18. Burke, L. A. and Saks, A. M. (2009), 'Accountability in training transfer: adapting Schlenker's model of responsibility to a persistent but solvable problem', Human Resource Development Review, 8, 382-402.
19. Datta, D. K., Guthrie, J. P. and Wright, P. M. (2005), 'Human resource management and labor productivity: does industry matter?', Academy of Management Journal, 48, 135-45.
20. Ford, J. K. and Weissbein, D. A. (1997), 'Transfer of training: an updated review and analysis', Performance Improvement Quarterly, 10, 22-41.
21. Giovannini, M. (2004), 'What gets measured gets done: achieving results through diversity and inclusion', Journal for Quality and Participation, 27, 21-30.
22. Grossman, R. and Salas, E. (2011), 'The transfer of training: what really matters', International Journal of Training and Development, 15, 103-20.
23. Holton, E. F. III, Bates, R. A. and Ruona, W. E. A. (2000), 'Development of a generalized learning transfer system inventory', Human Resource Development Quarterly, 11, 333-60.
24. Hughes, P. D. and Campbell, A. (2009), Learning and Development Outlook 2009: Learning in Tough Times (Ottawa, ON: The Conference Board of Canada).
25. Kirkpatrick, D. L. (1994), Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler).
26. Kozlowski, S. W. J., Brown, K. G., Weissbein, D. A., Cannon-Bowers, J. A. and Salas, E. (2000), 'A Multilevel Approach to Training Effectiveness', in K. J. Klein and S. W. J. Kozlowski (eds), Multilevel Theory, Research, and Methods in Organizations: Foundations, Extensions, and New Directions (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass), pp. 157-210.
27. Kraiger, K. (2002), 'Decision-Based Evaluation', in K. Kraiger (ed.), Creating, Implementing, and Maintaining Effective Training and Development: State-of-the-Art Lessons for Practice (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass), pp. 331-75.
28. Kraiger, K. (2003), 'Perspectives on Training and Development', in W. C. Borman, D. R. Ilgen and R. J. Klimoski (eds), Handbook of Psychology: Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons), pp. 171-92.
29. Longenecker, C. O. (2004), 'Maximizing transfer of learning from management education programs: best practices for retention and application', Development and Learning in Organizations, 18, 4, 4-6.
30. Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzkie, S. B., Lee, J.-Y. and Podsakoff, N. P. (2003), 'Common method biases in behavioural research: a critical review of the literature and recommended remedies', Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 879-903.
31. Rouiller, J. Z. and Goldstein, I. L. (1993), 'The relationship between organizational transfer climate and positive transfer of training', Human Resources Development Quarterly, 4, 377-90.
32. Salas, E., Cannon-Bowers, J. A., Rhodenizer, L. and Bowers, C. A. (1999), 'Training in Organizations: Myths, Misconceptions, and Mistaken Assumptions', in G. Ferris (ed.), Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management, Vol. 17 (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press), pp. 123-61.
33. Sitzmann, T., Brown, K. G., Casper, W. J., Ely, K. and Zimmerman, R. D. (2008), 'A review and meta-analysis of the nomological network of trainee reactions', Journal of Applied Psychology, 93, 280-95.
34. Tannenbaum, S. I. and Yukl, G. (1992), 'Training and development in work organizations', Annual Review of Psychology, 43, 399-441.
35. Taylor, P. J., Russ-Eft, D. F. and Chan, D. W. L. (2005), 'A meta-analytic review of behaviour modeling training', Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 692-709.
36. Tharenou, P., Saks, A. and Moore, C. (2007), 'A review and critique of research on training and organizational-level outcomes', Human Resource Management Review, 17, 251-73.
37. Twitchell, S., Holton, E. F. III and Trott, J. W. Jr (2000), 'Technical training evaluation practices in the United States', Performance Improvement Quarterly, 13, 84-109.
38. Van den Bossche, P., Segers, M. and Jansen, N. (2010), 'Transfer of training: the role of feedback in supportive social networks', International Journal of Training and Development, 14, 81-94.
39. Velada, R., Caetano, A., Michel, J. W., Lyons, B. D. and Kavanagh, M. M. (2007), 'The effects of training design, individual characteristics and work environment on transfer of training', International Journal of Training and Development, 11, 282-94.
40. White, B. S. and Branch, R. M. (2001), 'Systematic pilot testing as a step in the instructional design process of corporate training and development', Performance Improvement Quarterly, 14, 75-94.
41. Wick, C. W., Pollock, R. V. H. and Jefferson, A. (2010), The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results and Development, 2nd edn (San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer).
42. Wright, P. M., Gardner, T. M., Moynihan, L. M., Park, H. J., Gerhart, B. and Delery, J. E. (2001), 'Measurement error in research on human resources and firm performance: additional data and suggestions for future research', Personnel Psychology, 54, 875-90.