Developing strategies for the successful transfer of knowledge, skills and attitudes from a training and development program to the workplace remains a key challenge facing organizations, including those operating in developing countries such as Pakistan. Studies have found that, in general, employees transfer less than 10% of the training they acquire to their workplaces. McGuire argues that one of the reasons for the low rate of transfer of training relates to the isolated and peripheral nature of the training function and the fact that transfer of training is not built into the training program. Eraut argues that research on the transfer of training might be particularly difficult because of the differences in context, culture and training modes. Although some research relating to the transfer problem in organizations does exist in developed countries, there appears to be a paucity of such research in developing countries such as Pakistan, and thus, the rationale for the study.
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Asif Ali Rahman,
University Canada West, Canada.
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