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Varela, Otmar E.; Cater, John James, III; Michel, Norbert – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
This study tests a process model of learning in which trainer and trainee traits are simultaneously considered as endogenous variables of learning outcomes. The article builds on a social view of training and similarity-attraction paradigms. In this context, the authors hypothesize that trainer-trainee similarity in personality (agreeableness)…
Descriptors: Evidence, Undergraduate Students, Personality Traits, Interpersonal Attraction
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Chermack, Thomas J.; Nimon, Kim – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2008
This research examines changes in decision-making styles as a result of participation in scenario planning. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design and several nonparametric tests were used to analyze data gathered from research participants in a technology firm in the Northeastern United States. Results show that participants tend to…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Cognitive Style, Quasiexperimental Design, Pretests Posttests