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Laker, Dennis R.; Powell, Jimmy L. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
Most research and conceptualizing of training transfer assumes that the content of the training is irrelevant in whether or not or to what extent transfer is successful. The singular perspective that all training is the same when it comes to issues of training transfer is misguided. This is especially true for the types of training that have been…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Skill Analysis, Differences, Correlation
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Lindorff, Margaret – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
This paper reports the results of a survey of more than 2000 managers examining perceptions of skills gaps in a range of Australian firms. It finds that three quarters report a skills gap, and almost one third report skills gaps across the whole organisation. Firm size and industry differences exist in perceptions of the effect of the skills gap…
Descriptors: Job Training, Achievement Gap, Skill Analysis, Skill Development