You are welcome to link with or distribute this information free of charge, provided that you provide credit to this website and correctly reference the authors of the study. Qualitative research on the transfer effectiveness of a corporate adventure training program. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership. To explore the quality of the corporate adventure training experience.
Qualitative research is a form of inquiry gaining popularity and acceptance in the social sciences.
Data are collected by a variety of methods, such as interview and observation, and predetermined hypotheses are usually not tested. Instead, researchers look for patterns in the data and report them in a thick and rich descriptive manner, leaving generalizations and applications to the reader. To protect subjects involved with a qualitative study, identifying names are altered to maintain confidentiality, yet retain the spirit of the experience. The single day CAT program consisted of typical group initiatives ranging from simple socialization games to complex problem solving tasks. Three years prior to participating in the CAT program studied here, a major Canadian manufacturer formed several business planning teams called B-PLANs.