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Skill Development and Problems in the Achievement of Transfer of Training Effects: Some New Zealand Rehabilitation Case Manager Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Ross Flett ,
Cathie Collinson ,
Jocelyn Handy  and
Fiona Alpass
Ross Flett*
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
Cathie Collinson
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
Jocelyn Handy
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
Fiona Alpass
Affiliation:
Massey University, New Zealand
*
Department of Pyschology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Email. R.A.Flett@massey.ac.nz
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Abstract

We examined the impact of a 27-week university-based professional training program on the self-rated skills and competencies of a group of New Zealand rehabilitation case managers. The extent to which training-related change transferred back to the workplace at both the individual and organisational level was also considered. Some pre-test/post-test increases in self-rated competencies were observed and these were maintained at 3-month follow-up. Training-related change back in the workplace was generally perceived to be in a negative direction, which highlights the fact that the relationship between the training process and subsequent skill/knowledge utilisation in the workplace is a complex and non-linear phenomenon. Some suggestions as to how research on training in rehabilitation might move forward are presented.

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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , January 2002 , pp. 127 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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