Synergetic effects of training and training transfer factors in organisations

International Journal of Management in Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 212-227

  Dermol, Valerij ^a  

^a International School for Social and Business Studies   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Organisational performance; Training; Training support; Training transfer factors; Training transfer incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871802227     PISSN: 1750385X     EISSN: 17503868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2012.047267     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Armstrong, M. (2003) A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, Kogan Page Ltd., London.
2. Bader, G.E. and Bloom, A.E. (1995) Make Your Training Results Lasts, Kogan Page Ltd., London.
3. Baldwin, T.T., Magjuka, R.J. and Loher, B.T. (1991) 'The perils of participation: effects of choice of training on trainee motivation and learning', Personnel Psychology, Vol. 44, pp.51-65.
4. Blandy, R., Dockery, M., Hawke, A. and Webster, E. (2000) Does Training Pay?, Leabrook, National Centre for Vocational Education Research, South Australia.
5. Bontis, N. (2003) 'HR's role in knowledge management', Canadian HR Reporter, Vol. 16, No. 5, p.G8.
6. Bunderson, S.J. and Sutcliff, K.M. (2003) 'Management team orientation and business unit performance', Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 88, No. 3, pp.552-560.
7. Burgarelly, A., Palomba, L., Scarpitti, L. and Villante, C. (2002) A European Approach to Quality in Vocational Education and Training, Approach to the Evaluation of the Quality of Italian Vocational Training System, ISFOL, National ESF Evaluation Unit, Obtained through the Internet: http://old.isfol.it/isfol/dnload/all6-snv-elsinor.pdf [Accessed 15/10/2009].
8. Campbell, M. (2006) 'Counting the value of learning', Training Journal, May, pp.28-30.
9. Carter, S. and Jones-Evans, D. (2006) Enterprise and Small Business, Principles, Practice and Policy, 2nd ed., Pearson Education Limited, Harlow.
10. CEDEFOP (1996) Evaluation of European Training, Employment and Human Resource, Thessalonica.
11. Council of Europe (2005) Conclusions of the 7th Plenary Meeting of the European Network for the Exchange of Information Between Persons and Entities Responsible for the Training of Judges and Public Prosecutors, Obtained through the Internet: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/cooperation/lisbonnetwork/meetings/ Plenary/2005Strasbourg-en.pdf, [Accessed 15/10/2009].
12. Cutcher-Gershenfeld, J. (1991) 'The impact on economic performance of a transformation in industrial relations', Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp.241-260.
13. Dechawatanapaisal, D. and Siengthai, S. (2006) 'The impact of cognitive dissonance on learning work behavior', Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp.42-54.
14. Delaney, J.T. and Huselid, M.A. (1996) 'The impact of human resource management practices on perceptions of organizational performance', Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp.949-969.
15. Dermol, V. (2010) Training of Employees and its Impact on Organisational Learning and Performance in Slovenian Service Companies, PhD Thesis, Economic faculty, University in Ljubljana, Ljubljana.
16. Diamantopoulos, A. and Siguaw, J.A. (2000) Introducing LISREL: A Guide for the Uninitiated, Sage Publications Ltd., London.
17. Dimovski, V. (1994) Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, PhD Thesis, Ohio State University, Cleveland, USA.
18. Field, A. (2005) Discovering Statistics using SPSS, Sage Publications Ltd., London.
19. Fiol, M.C. and Lyles, M.A. (1985) 'Organizational learning. academy of management', The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp.803-813.
20. Fishbein, M. and Ajzen, I. (1997) 'Attitudes and opinions', Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp.487-543.
21. Garvin, D.A., Edmondson, A.C. and Gino, F. (2008) 'Is yours a learning organization?', Harvard Business Review, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp.109-116.
22. Gold, A.H., Malhotra, A. and Segars, A.H. (2001) 'Knowledge management: an organizational capabilities perspective', Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp.185-214.
23. Gorenak, I. and Pagon, M. (2006) 'Vpliv organizacijskega komuniciranja na zadovoljstvo policistov pri delu', Organizacija, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp.247-253.
24. Hernaus, T., Škerlavaj, M. and Dimovski, V. (2008) 'Relationship between organisational learning and organisational performance: the case of Croatia', Transform. bus. econ. (Spausd.), Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.32-48.
25. Holton III, E.F., Bates, R.A. and Ruona, W.E.A. (2000) 'Development of a generalized learning transfer system inventory', Human Resource Development Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.3-31.
26. Holton III, E.F., Hsin-Chih, C. and Naquin, S.S. (2003) 'An examination of learning transfer system characteristics across organizational settings', Human Resources Development Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.459-482.
27. Huber, G.P. (1991) 'Organizational learning: the contributing processes and the literatures', Organization Science, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.88-115.
28. Igličar, A. and Hočevar, M. (1997) Računovodstvo za managerje, Gospodarski vestnik, Ljubljana.
29. Jarvis, P., Holford, J. and Griffin, C. (2006) The Theory and Practice of Learning, Routlege Falmer, Oxon.
30. Jones, G.R. (2000) Organizational Theory, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York.
31. Kim, D.H. (1993) 'The link between individual and organizational learning', Sloan Management Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp.37-50.
32. Kirkpatrick, D.L. (1998) Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco.
33. Kohli, A.K., Jaworski, B.J. and Kumar, A. (1993) 'MARKOR: a measure of market orientation', Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), Vol. 30, No. 4, pp.467-477.
34. Kolb, D.A. and Fry, R. (1975) 'Toward an applied theory of experiential learning', in Cooper, C. (Ed.): Theories of Group Process, John Wiley, London.
35. Košir, S. (2010) Teacher's Guide through the Academic Year: A Manual for Higher Education Teachers of International School for Social and Business Studies, International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje.
36. Koufteros, X.A. (1999) 'Testing a model of pull production: a paradigm for manufacturing research using structural equation modeling', Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp.467-488.
37. Lane, P., Salk, J.E. and Lyles, M.A. (2001) 'Absorptive capacity, learning, and performance in international joint ventures', Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp.1139-1161.
38. Levitt, B. and March, J.G. (1988) 'Organizational learning', Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp.319-340.
39. Lipičnik, B. and Možina, S. (1993) Psihologija v podjetjih, Državna založba d.d, Ljubljana.
40. Lyles, M.A. and Salk, J.E. (2007) 'Knowledge acquisition from foreign parents in international joint ventures: an empirical examination in the Hungarian context', Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp.3-18.
41. Mannetti, L., Pierro, A., Kruglanski, A., Taris, T. and Bezinović, P. (2002) 'A cross-structural study of the need for cognitive closure scale: comparing its structure in Croatia, Italy, USA and the Netherlands', British Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 41, pp.139-156.
42. Miglič, G. (2002) Analiza potreb po usposabljanju (1. ed), Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve, Ljubljana.
43. Mills, D.Q. and Friesen, B. (1992) 'The learning organization', European Management Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp.146-156.
44. Natek, S. and Lesjak, D. (2006) 'Trial work: the way to successful information system project in healthcare', International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp.223-230.
45. Nonaka, I. and Takeuchi, H. (1996) 'A theory of organisational knowledge creation', International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 11, Nos. 7-8, pp.833-846.
46. Nystedt, L., Sjöberg, A. and Hägglund, G. (1999) 'Discriminant validation of measures of organizational commitment, job involvement, and job satisfaction among Swedish army officers', Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Vol. 40, pp.49-55.
47. Rampersad, H.K. (2004) 'Learning and unlearning in accordance with organizational change', Organization Development Journal, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp.43-60.
48. Seyfried, E. (1998) Evaluation of Quality Aspects in Vocational Training Programmes, Synthesis Report. Thessalonica: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessalonica, http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED425331.pdf
49. Seyfried, E. (2001) Definition of Indicators for a European Quality in VET strategy, Discussion paper for the first meeting of the FORUM, European FORUM on the quality of vocational training, http://www.google.si/url?sa= t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2 Flibserver.cedefop. europa.eu%2Fvetelib%2Feu%2Fpub%2Fcedefop%2Finternal%2F2001-00 10-en.doc&ei=3EuqSuC7F8X6-Ab-99WzBg&rct=j&q= european+forum+on+the+quality+of +vocational+training&usg= AFQjCNHiTcmszvDDu6wXkWHrZAiL7yCbHw&sig2=U7pcrustTX40fsgBZkoA2g.
50. Škerlavaj, M., Indihar, M.Š., Škrinjar, R. and Dimovski, V. (2007) 'Organizational learning culture -the missing link between business process change and organizational performance', Int. J. Production Economics, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp.346-367.
51. Slater, S.F. and Narver, J.C. (1995) 'Market orientation and the learning organization', Journal of Marketing, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp.67-74.
52. Storey, D.J. and Westhead, P. (1997) 'Management training in small firms -a case of market failure?', Human Resource Management Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.61-71.
53. Sugrue, B. (2003) State of the Industry: ASTD's Annual Review of US and International Trends in Workplace Learning and Performance, ASTD Press, Washington DC.
54. Terpstra, D.E. and Rozell, E.J. (1993) 'The relationship of staffing practices to organizational level measures of performance', Personnel Psychology, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.27-48.
55. Torrington, D., Hall, L. and Taylor, S. (2008) Human Resource Management, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow.
56. Trunk Širca, N., Čepar, Ž., Lesjak, D. and Zver, M. (2009) 'Lifelong learning as an answer to sociodemographic change: the case of Slovenia', International Journal of Innovating and Learning, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.62-75.
57. Venkatraman, N. and Ramanujam, V. (1987) 'Measurement of business economic performance: An examination of method convergence', Journal of Management, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp.109-122.
58. Vlachos, I. (2008) 'The effect of human resource practices on organizational performance: evidence from Greece', The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp.74-97.
59. Wieland Handy, L.A. (2008) The Importance of the Work Environment Variables on the Transfer of Training, PhD Thesis, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.
60. Williams, L.J. and O'Boyle Jr., E.H. (2008) 'Measurement models for linking latent variables and indicators: a review of human resource management research using parcels', Human Resource Management Review, Vol. 18, pp.233-242.
61. Young-Chan, L. and Sun-Kyu, L. (2007) 'Capabilities, processes, and performance of knowledge management: a structural approach', Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp.21-41.