Test of the MBA knowledge and skills transfer

In view of the growing popularity of the MBA degree as a management develop ment tool, there is a need to examine knowledge and skills transfer among M BA graduates. This study then developed and tested a parsimonious model of perceived transfer of knowledge and skills of MBA graduates to the job. Res pondents were those who had completed part-time MBA programmes in Hong Kong for at least one year but not more than five years. LISREL results reveale d a modest fit of the model to the data. The path coefficients further reve aled that seven of the fifteen predicted relationships were statistically s ignificant and in the predicted direction. Specifically, self-efficacy, Typ e A personality, transfer climate, and transfer rewards were positively rel ated to motivation to learn, while organizational commitment was negatively related to motivation to learn. The results also indicated that motivation to learn, continuous-learning culture, and utility of MBA programme were p ositively related to perceived knowledge and skills transfer.