Attitudinal Influences on Transfer of Training: A Systematic Literature Review. Issue 4 (9th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Mohan; Watson, Sunnie Lee
• Is Part Of: Performance improvement quarterly. Volume 34:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 327
• Page End: 365
• Publication Date: 2020-12-09
• Subjects: Performance technology -- Periodicals; Performance -- Periodicals; Organizational effectiveness -- Periodicals; Employees -- Training of -- Periodicals; Educational technology -- Periodicals; 658.401305
• DOI: 10.1002/piq.21351
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0898-5952

Abstract

Abstract : Trainings have not been well received in that newly acquired knowledge and skills cannot be fully transferred to trainees' workplaces following their participation in training programs. Among the identified transfer determinants, attitude is often neglected or marginalized in existing transfer of training research. It remains unclear what roles attitudinal factors play in the process of transfer of training. We identified this gap and provided a holistic perspective of attitudinal influences on transfer of training through systematically synthesizing and critiquing 37 empirical studies drawn from the last three decades, under the theoretical framework of a tripartite attitude model consisting of affective, cognitive, and behavioral dimensions. The thorough review indicates that trainees' attitudes are closely related to training outcomes and transferred behavior despite some contradictory findings within each attitude dimension. Motivation is closely related to trainee attitude and mediates the attitude‐transfer link. In this study, we proposed an attitudinal framework to investigate attitudinal influences on transfer from a holistic perspective.