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Distal Goal and Proximal Goal Transfer of Training Interventions in an Executive Education Program
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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
Postfeedback Development Perceptions: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior
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McCarthy, Alma; Garavan, Thomas – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2006
The primary purpose of management development programs is performance improvement at an individual and organizational level. Performance improvement results from knowledge, skill, or ability enhancement. An important intervention in management development is the use of 360-degree or multisource feedback (MSF), which leads to more effective career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Management Development, Intervention