The Pygmalion Effect Reconsidered: Its Implications for Education, Training and Workplace Learning.

Murphy, Daragh; Campbell, Clifton; Garavan, Thomas N.

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Publication Date: 1999

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The Pygmalion Effect Reconsidered: Its Implications for Education, Training and Workplace Learning.

Murphy, Daragh; Campbell, Clifton; Garavan, Thomas N.

Journal of European Industrial Training, v23 n4-5 p238-50 1999

The Pygmalion effect--or self-fulfilling prophecies--has not been supported in educational research but it has in training and workplace-learning studies. Implications for workplace-learning design, trainee self-esteem, and trainer behaviors can be derived from these research findings. (SK)

Descriptors: Expectation, Job Performance, Self Fulfilling Prophecies, Staff Development, Training

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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