Many studies have been conducted evaluating the use of feedback in staff training in organizational settings. Central to this literature has been the use of a variety of forms of feedback, including videotaped feedback. A distinction is outlined between video modeling and a variety of possible video feedback procedures. Previous studies have…

Assigned subjects to an audiovisual model followed by practice or no practice, or a written model followed by practice or no practice. Results reveal total use and total preferred use of interviewing skills were significantly higher for subjects in practice training than in no-practice training, regardless of the model. (Author/BEF)

The Strategic Training of Employees Model (STEM) is a comprehensive training framework that balances the need for training against the constraints existing within organizations. The STEM is based on advances in economic and educational research. The following are among the theories that lay at the STEM's foundation: reinforcement theory; social…