A. Tziner et Cm. Falbe, TRAINING-RELATED VARIABLES, GENDER AND TRAINING OUTCOMES - A FIELD INVESTIGATION, International journal of psychology, 28(2), 1993, pp. 203-221
A two-week training programme was provided to male and female trainees
. Data were collected on each of the subject's locus of control and on
each subject's perception of the degree to which their work environme
nt would be supportive of application of skills acquired in training.
The outcome variables measured for the 73 trainees (35 males, 38 femal
es) included motivation to transfer, evaluation of the training progra
mme, the grade achieved at the conclusion of training, self-report and
immediate superior's evaluation of the use of acquired skills. Data w
ere also collected on seniority. Hierarchical regression analysis was
employed to test the effect of gender, and training-related variables
on training outcomes. Controlling for the effect of seniority the data
indicated that gender had an impact on motivation to transfer, and ge
nder and seniority both had a significant effect on reaction to the co
urse. Perceived work environment support and its interaction with seni
ority also accounted for a significant portion of explained variance o
f motivation to transfer and reactions to the course. Locus of control
did not have a significant effect on four of the training outcomes bu
t the interaction of locus of control and seniority affected the super
ior's evaluation of the use of skills. The results are discussed in te
rms of their tactical and strategic implications for the relationship
between training-related variables and gender.