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DeGeest, David; Brown, Kenneth G. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
Goal-orientation theory and research offer a lens to better understand the mechanisms of experiential learning in developmental assignments for managers. This study presents a research model that depicts how goal orientations influence the development of leadership skills from experience. The model indicates how individual and situational…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Goal Orientation, Experiential Learning, Management Development
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Brown, Travor C.; Warren, Amy M. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2009
This study assessed transfer from a customized executive training program involving 89 public sector employees. Participants who set a distal goal had higher self-efficacy than those in both the "do your best" (DYB) and the proximal plus distal goal conditions. Participants who set proximal plus distal goals had higher maintenance than…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Goal Orientation, Government Employees, Management Development