What Influences Transfer of Training in an African Agricultural Research Network?

Autor/inn/en	Muthoni, Rachel Andriatsitohaina; Miiro, Richard Fred
Titel	What Influences Transfer of Training in an African Agricultural Research Network?
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 23 (2017) 1, S.23-37 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1389-224X
DOI	10.1080/1389224X.2016.1207550
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Transfer of Training; International Programs; Agriculture; Research; Trainees; Correlation; Multiple Regression Analysis; Networks; Online Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Forschung; Auszubildender; Weibliche Auszubildende; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Afrika
Abstract	Purpose: This study determined the extent to which transfer of training among trainees from national partners of an international bean research network in Africa was perceived to have taken place; including determining the factors that predicted transfer of training back to the job. Methodology/approach: Online data collection using the Learning Transfer Systems Inventory (LTSI) from 139 respondents was made and analyzed using bivariate correlations and hierarchical multiple regression. Findings: An average of 75% of the training skills were perceived as transferred. "Personal capacity" significantly predicted transfer, while "motivation to transfer", "transfer design", "supervisor", and "peer support" positively correlated with training transfer. Theoretical implications: The LTSI factors remain relevant explanations for training transfer with in African agricultural research and development organizations. Certain work environments are likely to have new factors such as "Supervisor and peer" support which operated as one explanatory factor for training transfer, revealed the closeness of supervisors and peers in agricultural research and development settings. Practical implications: The international agricultural research network needs to consider the trainees' ability to transfer new training given workload-related hindrances. Originality/value: The applicability of the LTSI for international agencies that conduct training for agricultural research and development in Africa has been tested. Such institutions need policies that enhance trainee capacity to transfer training to the work place. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01