Vertical transfer of training: Can one person make a difference?
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780494219393
Description: The transfer of training literature has focused primarily on the individual as the unit of analysis. The question of whether training an individual influences a group's performance has yet to be investigated empirically. In the present study, participants (n = 275) were randomly assigned to groups (k = 55) of five. Individuals were then randomly selected from those groups such that none, one, three, or all five members of the group participated in training on effective ways to select a job candidate. The extent to which the knowledge acquired by one or more individuals was used by the group in making a selection decision was evaluated. Vertical transfer occurred according to a negatively accelerating curve. As the number of people trained increased beyond three, the amount of influence exerted by the fifth individual decreased. Extroversion moderated the relationship between training an individual and vertical transfer. If the one individual who was trained was an extrovert, vertical transfer increased. Collective efficacy mediated the relationship between training one or more individuals and a group's performance.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-01, Section: A, page: 0250.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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