Transferência da formação

: um contributo para a evolução organizacional

Abstract

Organizational training contributes has gained an important role in contributing to the personal and professional development of the contributors inside organizations. The present study intends to evaluate the motivation behind the transfer of the knowledge acquired in the training. It is relevant for organizations to carry out a training assessment to determine when the learning objectives were achieved and to verify the extent to which this learning was transferred to the workplace. The instrument used for this study was a multiple-choice questionnaire that was carried out in a sample of 114 employees from a national private company of the agricultural sector. The questionnaire application allowed an assessment of the competency development, the usefulness perception of the training, the employee’s beliefs on self-efficacy, their affective bond to the company and their motivation in transferring the contents from training to others. The results revealed a strong influence that competency development has over the motivation to transfer. In addition, the results gained from this research confirms on alignment with the main objective, the development of strategies relevant to those responsible for the training within the organizations, aiming to develop the degree of motivation to transfer the training to the workplace.

Date of Award	16 Feb 2018
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Adélia Monarca (Supervisor)