Training Flashcards
Training def
Goldsten Ford, 2002; Noe, 2008: formal planned effort to help ees gain job relevant knowledge and skills
Transfer of training def
Baldwin Ford 1988; Baldwin et al. 2009: successful app of KSA gains in training to the job
Most common type
Paradise (2008): focused on profession or industry specific knowledge
ACT Theory
Anderson (1985) learners initially acquire declarative, then procedural.
Benefits of training
Aquinis Kraiger (2009)
Set up for success
Salas Cannon-Bowers (2001): antecedents = indiv chars, pretraining environment, training methods, post conditions
Training as a process
Goldstein (1986): Needs analysis, objective, design, eval
Needs analysis
less than 6% Arthur et al. 2003; at 3 levels: org (goals, environ, what training), task (KS, cog or team), and person (is it needed, who needs it, are they ready)
Climate predicting transfer
Tracey et al. 1995
Basic skills and mot more likely to succeed
Colquitt et al., 2001
Training Objective
Mager (1997): 3 components of effective learning: ees will do it after, conditions when it will happen, and desired perfrom
Training Design
Salas Cannon-Bowers (1997): choose method, sequence, objective, determine tools, align deliver method
Pre-training interventaions
Cannon-Bowers er al. (1998)
Effective training has
Kraiger Colberston (2012): objectives, purpose, outcomes communication, relevant/meaningful content, trainers have KSA, opps to practice, feedback during and after
Training Eval
Brown Sitzmann (2011): effectiveness and/or efficiency of training
Targets of eval
Kraiger (2002): content design, changes in learners, org payoffs. Also look at purpose: feedback, decision-making, marketing training
Skills of training
Arthur et al. (2003) 3: cog, interpersonal, psychmotor. Training works (d=.60)
Mechs of better perform through training
Exchange (Blau, 1964) Symbolic value (Feldman, 1989).
Other outcomes
Robinson Robinson (1989) reduce accidents, Barber (2004) increase innovation, Zwick (2006) enhance org productivity, Montebello Haga (1994) increase org profits
% Actually transfered
10: Baldwin Ford (1988), lost in maintenance (remembering) and generalization (applying). Also Ford et al. (2020)
Meta of transfer
Colquitt et al (2000): predicted by LOC (.41), C (.52) and climate (.12)
Best practices for transfer
Burke Hutchins (2008) sup support/reinforce, coaching & opps to practice, posttrain eval
Online vs classroom
Sitzmann et al. (2006) learned the same
Best practices for online training
Brown Ford (2002)
Stages of socialization
Feldman (1976) 3: anticipatory, accommodations, and role management stage
Tactics for socialization
Van MaanenSchein (1979): context vs social
Stages of mentoring
Kram (1985)
mentoring and socialization
Allen et al. 2017
Training JAP
Bell et al 2017
