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Effectiveness of distal and proximal goals as transfer‐of‐training interventions: A field experiment
Author(s) -
Brown Travor C.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.1144
Subject(s) - generalization , transfer of training , psychological intervention , outcome (game theory) , set (abstract data type) , psychology , session (web analytics) , computer science , cognitive psychology , mathematics , psychiatry , mathematical analysis , mathematical economics , world wide web , programming language
The effectiveness of distal outcome goals, proximal plus distal outcome goals, and being urged to “do your best” interventions on self‐efficacy and transfer was investigated in a field experiment involving government employees (N = 72). Six weeks after the training session took place, both participants who were urged to do their best and those who set proximal plus distal goals had increased transfer (that is, generalization and maintenance) relative to those who set outcome goals. There was no significant difference in the transfer level of participants urged to do their best and those who set proximal plus distal goals.