Opportunities for training and development are paramount in decisions regarding employee career choices. Despite the importance, many research studies on job satisfaction do not address satisfaction with workplace training as an element of overall job satisfaction, and many job satisfaction survey instruments do not include a "satisfaction…

Personnel trainers (n=371) identified 12 common problem areas of novice trainers: fear, credibility, personal experiences, difficult learners, participation, timing, adjusting instruction, questioning, feedback, using media/materials, opening and closing sessions, and depending on notes. Twenty expert trainers suggested solutions. (SK)

Suggests that adult learning theory may be culture bound. Presents guidelines for matching training techniques to the values of different cultures. (SK)

Describes the characteristics of humor, its psychological and physiological benefits, effect on learning, applications in adult education and training, and recommendations for research. (SK)

We conducted an experiment using training in a software package for presentations. Ninety undergraduate students with no previous experience received either training that guided them to commit common errors or alternatively training that sought to prevent errors from occurring. From previous research and relevant theory, a typology for…

Of 93 undergraduates, 75% attended 2 lecture-based and 2 case-study-based training sessions, 25% were controls. Knowledge gained in lectures was significantly related to verbal comprehension; knowledge from case studies was significantly related to reasoning. Individual differences between comprehension and reasoning scores support the value of…