Business Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Publication Title
(Wiley InterScience) Human Resource Development Quarterly
Keywords
Human Resources
Disciplines
Human Resources Management
Abstract
Although billions of dollars are spent annually on training and development, much about the transfer processes is not well understood. This study investigated the interaction of workplace climate and peer support on the transfer of learning in a corporate field setting. Supervisor ratings of performance on several skill dimensions were obtained before and after training. Trainees in a division with a more favorable climate and those with greater peer support showed greater improvement. In addition, peer support mitigated the effects of a negative climate. Trainees with peer support in a negative climate achieved the same degree of transfer as trainees in a positive climate. These results suggest that more proximal factors, like peer support, can overcome the effect of more distal factors, like climate, in promoting transfer. This study also advances understanding of the transfer process by assessing workplace environment with the use of measures other than trainee perceptions.
Recommended Citation
Martin, H. J. (2010). Workplace Climate and Peer Support and Determinants of Training Transfer. Wiley InterScience Human Resource Development Quarterly, 21(1), pp. 87-104.
DOI
10.1002/hrdq.20038
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
This is the accepted version of the following article: Martin, H. J. (2010). Workplace Climate and Peer Support and Determinants of Training Transfer. Wiley InterScience Human Resource Development Quarterly, 21(1), pp. 87-104, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hrdq.20038/abstract
Volume
21
Issue
1
