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Training in Context: Toward a Person-by-Situation View of Voluntary Training
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Morrell, Daniel L.; Korsgaard, M. Audrey – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
The purpose of this field study of 327 nonfaculty university professionals was to examine the joint relationship of conscientiousness and context on two dependent variables: motivation and participation in voluntary training systems. Drawing on the principles of person-by-situation theories of personality, this study examined how the relationship…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Professional Personnel, Universities, Learning Motivation
Individual and Contextual Inhibitors of Sexual Harassment Training Motivation
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Walsh, Benjamin M.; Bauerle, Timothy J.; Magley, Vicki J. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2013
Studies have evaluated the outcomes of sexual harassment training, but considerably less research has focused on variables that influence sexual harassment training effectiveness. To address this need, we developed and tested a model of individual and contextual inhibitors of sexual harassment training motivation to learn. Survey data collected…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Learning Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Training
Influences of Formal Learning, Personal Learning Orientation, and Supportive Learning Environment on Informal Learning
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Choi, Woojae; Jacobs, Ronald L. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
While workplace learning includes formal and informal learning, the relationship between the two has been overlooked, because they have been viewed as separate entities. This study investigated the effects of formal learning, personal learning orientation, and supportive learning environment on informal learning among 203 middle managers in Korean…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Educational Environment, Workplace Learning, Individual Characteristics
The Impact of Personality on Training-Related Aspects of Motivation: Test of a Longitudinal Model
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Rowold, Jens – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2007
A model that proposed dispositional influences on training-related aspects of motivation was developed. More specifically, the model predicted influences of the Big Five personality variables on motivation to learn and transfer motivation, while controlling for general attitudes toward training. The model was tested empirically, drawing on a…
Descriptors: Personality, Learning Motivation, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables
Reactions to Skill Assessment: The Forgotten Factor in Explaining Motivation to Learn
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Bell, Bradford S.; Ford, J. Kevin – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2007
The study presented here examined the effects of trainees' reactions to skill assessment on their motivation to learn. A model was developed that suggests that two dimensions of trainees' assessment reactions, distributive justice and utility, influence training motivation and overall training effectiveness. The model was tested using a sample of…
Descriptors: Training, Learning Motivation, Trainees, Needs Assessment
The Relevance of Organizational Subculture for Motivation to Transfer Learning
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Egan, Toby Marshall – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2008
Although human resource development practitioners and researchers emphasize organizational culture as a major contributor to employee learning and development, results from this study suggest organizational subculture has greater influence on employee-related learning motivation. The relationships among organizational culture, organizational…
Descriptors: Subcultures, Organizational Culture, Learning Motivation, Organizational Change