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Title:
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TRANSFER OF LEARNING IN POSTGRADUATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES |
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Author(s):
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Patrícia Teixeira Maggi-da-Silva and Diógenes de Souza Bido |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-97-5 |
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Editors:
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Adriana Backx Noronha Viana and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2020 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Type:
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Regular |
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First Page:
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9 |
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Last Page:
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14 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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There is an increased recognition by the organizations of the need to analyze the results of investments in different types
of formal learning. By investing in formal learning, organizations need to assess whether individuals are transferring what
they have learned through behavioral changes at work. However, they dont know how to do so, leading to the problem or
gap of learning transfer. In addition, there is a need to better define and operationalize the construct learning transfer and
present the differences between transfer as use and as efficiency. Although, there is an increase number of academic
research on learning transfer, there is a scarcity of studies including long-term courses offered by higher education
institutions. In this study we developed and tested a comprehensive model of transfer of learning in a context of
postgraduate management programmes. Based on the taxonomy of use proposed by Yelon et al. (2014), we operationalized
the dependent variable transfer as use as a second order latent variable with five dimensions. The model also includes five
independent variables: transfer design, critical reflection, organizational cynicism, job autonomy and learning culture. We
tested the hypotheses with a sample of 424 students and graduates of postgraduate management programmes in Brazil.
Data were submitted to descriptive statistical analysis and multivariate techniques, including correlations, Confirmatory
Factor Analysis (CFA), and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) for hypothesis testing. The results confirmed three of the
five hypotheses that predicted direct relationships with the dependent variable: critical reflection, transfer design and
learning culture. |
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