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ARTICLES - Theories Supporting Transfer of Training - This article reviews the theories and conceptual frameworks necessary to describe three factors affecting transfer of training. The information helps explain why individuals desire to change their performance after attending a training program, what training design contributes to their ability to transfer skills successfully, and what kind of ...

Yamnill, Siriporn; McLean, Gary N. - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 2, pp. 195-208

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ARTICLES - HRD as an Emergent and Negotiated Evolution. An Ethnographic Case Study in the British National Health Service - This article proposes that human resource development can be conceptualized as a social and discursive construction. The perspective borrows from the concept of negotiated evolution, which assisted the author in describing how organizations respond to perceived influences in ...

Sambrook, Sally - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 2, pp. 169-194

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ARTICLES - Analyzing Firm Training: Five Propositions for Future Research - This article presents findings from a qualitative study of firm training in manufacturing companies in Australia. The study related the extent of training provided by the firms to their employees to a variety of variables, including business strategy, technology, industrial relations, management attitudes, and the ...

Smith, Andrew; Dowling, Peter J. - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 2, pp. 147-168

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ARTICLES - Characteristics of Performance Appraisals and Their Impact on Sales Force Satisfaction - This study investigated the relationship between performance appraisal characteristics and salesperson job satisfaction. The results showed that the retail salesperson's job satisfaction increased when the performance appraisal provided clear criteria, the criteria met with the salesperson's ...

Pettijohn, Charles E.; Pettijohn, Linda S.; d'Amico, Michael - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 2, pp. 127-146

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FEATURE - Invited Reaction: Posttraining Interventions to Enhance Transfer - Brethower discusses the contributions of the study to the transfer of training literature. However, he suggests that such research, although important in a general sense, may have less importance if considered from a performance improvement perspective.

Brethower, Dale M. - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 2, pp. 121-126

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FEATURE - Posttraining Interventions to Enhance Transfer: The Moderating Effects of Work Environments - The study examined the effectiveness of two posttraining interventions and the moderating effects of the work environment. The results showed that training in the use of goal-setting was an effective way to improve the extent to which employees applied their skills to the job. Interventions were ...

Richman-Hirsch, Wendy L. - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 2, pp. 105-120

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EDITORIAL - Shaping HRD for the New Millennium

Dilworth, Robert L. - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 2, pp. 103-104

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REVIEW - Full Leadership Development: Building the Vital Forces in Organizations

Avolio, Bruce J.; Burke, W.Warner - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 1, pp. 99

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FORUM - The Effectiveness of Subject Matter Experts as Technical Trainers

Williams, Saundra Wall - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 1, pp. 91-98

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ARTICLES - Ineffective Reaction Evaluation - Evaluating instruction using questionnaires assumes that the latter are valid and reliable indicators of instructional interventions. This article summarizes a research project that assessed fifty reaction instruments that are regularly used in a medical school. The results suggested that none of the questionnaires adhered to widely accepted survey ...

Pershing, James A.; Pershing, Jana L. - In: Human resource development quarterly 12 (2001) 1, pp. 73-90

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