Abstract
The purpose of the study was to examine the development of trainee self-efficacy, motivation to learn, and motivation to transfer learning as a result of experiences in a training and development program. This study fit the description of a one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design (Borg & Gall, 1989). The sample was a group of trainees attending an 84-hour training and development program designed to enhance the competencies needed by human resource and development trainers. The program was conducted in four, 21-hour weekend training sessions between January and May, 1993. The survey instrument was developed by the researcher by combining scales developed by other researchers for studies on the constructs of self-efficacy, motivation to learn, and motivation to transfer learning. A pretest was administered prior to the first training session. Two posttests were administered, one after the first training session and one at the conclusion (after the fourth training session) of the training and development program. Reliability estimates were calculated for the survey instrument and for the construct scales. The f-test was used to test for significant differences between the pretest and the first session posttest items means, and between the pretest and the fourth session posttest item means. No significant difference was found between the pretest and posttest means. An analysis of difference scores on the pretest and the fourth session posttest means identified significant differences in means on two items on the self-efficacy scale, one item on the motivation to learn scale, and one item on the motivation to transfer scale. The conclusion of the study was that trainee self-efficacy, motivation to learn and motivation to transfer learning (as these constructs were measured by this survey instrument) were not improved by participation in the training and development program...
Newton, Kathryne Ann (1993). Development of trainee self-efficacy, motivation to learn, and motivation to transfer learning. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
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