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Transfer of training: the role of feedback in supportive social networks
Author(s) -
Van den Bossche Piet,
Segers Mien,
Jansen Niekie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of training and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1468-2419
pISSN - 1360-3736
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2419.2010.00343.x
Subject(s) - helpfulness , transfer of training , perspective (graphical) , value (mathematics) , psychology , transfer of learning , training (meteorology) , computer science , social psychology , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , developmental psychology , physics , machine learning , meteorology
The transfer of training to the workplace often fails to occur. The authors argue that feedback generated within the work environment about the application of newly learned skills in the workplace helps to close the gap between the current performance and the desired goal of full application of what is learned during training. This study takes a social network perspective and explores the role of feedback generated within the social network in fostering motivation‐to‐transfer and the transfer of training. The results show that the number of people providing feedback and the helpfulness of this feedback are positively related to the motivation for and actual transfer of training. The frequency of feedback appears to be negatively related. This study underlines the importance of feedback in turning the workplace into a learning environment fostering the transfer of training. It also suggests the value of adopting a social network perspective.